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Auction 13 · Lot 149
(Abendana, Isaac). The Jewish Kalendar.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ANGLO-JUDAICA)
Place
Oxford
Publication
(1698)
Description
Two parts in one. Interleaved with scholarly notes in a mid-18th century hand.
summary
The first Jewish Calendar printed in England, first appeared in 1692. More than it’s title indicates, Abendana’s work includes learned essays of Jewish antiquarian interest. See A.M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951) p.60.
Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 12mo
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