[Shir Tehillah]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $400

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

author

(KÖNIGSBERG)

printer

Hartung

Place

Königsberg

Publication

1776

Description

Hebrew and German on facing pages. Each page with engraved head- or tail-device,all within engraved frame

references

Vinograd, Königsberg 22

summary

Issued upon the visit of Paul Petrowitsch of Russia to the synagogue in Königsberg, capital of East Prussia. Son of Catherine II the Great and Peter III, Paul (1754-1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his death. A synagogue was first established in Königsberg in 1756, when the community numbered some 300 persons

ff.6. Foxed, central crease. Unbound. Folio

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