Bikurei Ha’itim [literary journal]

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

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Lot 109

(HASKALAH).

Bikurei Ha’itim [literary journal]

Vols. I-III bound in one. In Hebrew and Judeo-German. With large folding publisher’s ad. Ex-library, some staining, small tear on fold out. Modern boards. 8vo.

Vienna: Anton Schmid 1821-23

Est: $300 - $400

This literary-scientific journal was a central forum for Haskalah literature for twelve years. The editor Shalom Cohen sought to follow the literary tradition set by the first Haskalah periodical HaMe’assef. The first issue contains a biography of Moses Mendelssohn (pp. 20-2). See EJ, vol. IV cols. 992-3.