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Auction 6 · Lot 14
(LEESER, ISAAC). A Memorial Offering Upon the Death of that Great, Wise, Good and Beloved Man, Minister and Guide of the Congregation Beth El Emeth, Philadelphia.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $5,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
printer
J. Davis
Place
New York
Publication
c.1868
Description
An acrostic poem in Hebrew and English by Isaac Goldstein, with a half-length portrait of Isaac Leeser above. Single folio sheet.
references
Singerman 2072 (only one copy located); not in Rubens
summary
Contemplative, elegant and most appropriate elegy memorializing the leader of religious Jewry in America, Rabbi Isaac Leeser.
Minute tears at folds. Not examined out of frame. 350x340mm
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