Szold, Benjamin. Vaterland und Freiheit. Predigt bei der Erinnerungsfeier des Verstorbenen Praesidenten Abraham Lincoln.

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$1,700

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

W. Polmyer & S.D. Ecke

Place

Baltimore

Publication

1865

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Singerman 1919

summary

“Fatherland and Freedom,” a sermon delivered on the day designated by President Andrew Johnson for services in memory of the martyred Abraham Lincoln, June 1st 1865, which happened to be the second day of the Festival of Shavu’oth. A native of Hungary, Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) accepted an invitation to become Rabbi in Baltimore, where he led Congregation Oheb Shalom to be one of the foremost synagogues in the United States. His eldest daughter, was the philanthropic Zionist Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and leader of Youth Aliyah. See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) pp.258-61 (illustrated)

pp.10. Small stain on lower portion. Original printed wrappers. Housed in modern case. 12mo

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