A Lunar Calendar, of the Festivals and Other Days in the Year Observed by the Israelites

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $3,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA). LOPEZ, MOSES.

printer

Printed at the Office of the Newport Mercury

Place

Newport

Publication

1806

Description

Manuscript page tipped in at end

references

Singerman 163

summary

The first Jewish Calendar published in the United States. The calendar, which covers the years 1805-1859, received the approbation of Gershom Mendes Seixas, Hazan of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York

Browned, contemporary calf, extremeties scuffed, backstrip repaired. 8vo

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