Falk, Joshua. Avnei Yehoshua [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers]

Estimate

$3,000–$4,000

Hammer price

$4,000

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Joseph ben Jacob for The Jewish Messenger

Place

New York

Publication

1860

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, New York 53; Deinard Koheleth America 4; Singerman 1653

summary

The First Rabbinical Text Published in America. The First Hebrew Book Printed in New York. The author, born in Poland in 1799, arrived in America in 1858 and served as Rabbi in Newburgh and Poghkeepsie, New York. He died in the year of the book’s publication whilst visiting his daughter in Keokuk, Iowa. The colophon of Avnei Yehoshua reads: “ I give thanks that it was my good fortune to be the typesetter of this scholarly book, the first of its kind in America. Blessed be the God of Israel who surely will not deny us the Redeemer.” See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) pp.316-7 (illustrated)

pp.108. Lightly dampstained, previous owner’s stamp on title. Original boards, rebacked with new end-papers. 8vo

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