LOTZKI, ABRAHAM (Ed.) Shivchei Todah LeKir”ah [song of praise in honor of Czar Nicholas I]

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $3,500

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author

(KARAITICA).

printer

n.p

Place

Eupatoria

Publication

1833

Description

Hebrew and Judeo-Tatar. Printed in double-columns

references

Vinograd, Eupatoria 2; Mehlman, 1833

summary

The first dated Hebrew book printed in Eupatoria. This copy with the rare title-page, unknown to Mehlman. Devotional poems by Abraham Firkovich and others, composed in gratitude to the Czar for exempting Karites from Military Service and for drafting only the “Talmudic Jews.” A remarkable volume, that testifies to the rift between the Karaites and traditional Jewry - still so pervasive in the 19th century

ff. (8). Few minimal stains. Modern boards. 4to

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