Belais, Abraham. The Dust of the World: A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $850

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA). (MONTEFIORE, LADY JUDITH)

Place

London

Publication

1850

Description

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LADY JUDITH MONTEFIORE. Frontipiece lithographed portrait of the Author. Text in Hebrew and English

references

Rubens 107; unknown to Roth

summary

Tipped in at front a remorsefully sycophantic three-page Autograph Letter Signed in English by Abraham Belais to Lady Judith, Aldgate, December 5611. See A.M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951) pp. 208-9

Original maroon calf with extravagant gilt-borders, upper cover lettered in gilt “In Honor of Lady Judith Montefiore.” Scuffed. Lg. 4to

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