Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, to the Community of Warsaw. Signed Akiva ben R. Moshe Günz. Together with manuscript envelope bearing wax seal of Akiva b. Moshe Günz of Eisenstadt.

Estimate: $10,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $16,000

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author

EGER, AKIVA.

Place

n.p

Publication

1796

Description

Two pages with integral blank. Cursive Aschkenazi script, brown ink on paper.

summary

An Open Letter addressed to the Community of Warsaw concerning secular education and the notion of establishing an educational institution whose primary emphasis on Torah study would co-exist with vocational training. This Letter Of Great Historical Importance.

Central fold. 4to

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