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Auction 7 · Lot 263
(CAMPE, JOHANN HEINRICH). Metzi’ath Ha’aretz Hachadasha [on the discovery of America by Columbus]
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $1,300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
printer
Bonn Brothers
Place
Altona
Publication
1807
Description
FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Translated by Moses Frankfurt-Mendelsohn. Hebrew-Yiddish glossary. Hand-colored navigational illustration on p. 20
references
Vinograd, Altona 192.
summary
The translator was the uncle of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch. See E.M. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch [A Biography] (1996) p.325
pp.(20),1-175,(2). Signature on title, few light stains. Contemporary marbled boards, spine worn. 8vo
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