SALOMON, TOBIAS BEN JOEL MOSES. Sepher Yerushalayim

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $3,500

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Joel Moses Salomon

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1884

Description

ONLY EDITION. Title “Yerushalayim” in gold. Ten illustrated plates of Holy Sites in Jerusalem and other Holy Cities, six of which surrounded by gilt-ruled border. At end of book, foldout picture of the Temple Mount

references

Halevy 456

summary

Charming, delicate publication with a brief encapsulated history of Jerusalem and its Jewish population. The book contains much hard to come by information concerning the Perushim (Lithuanians) of Jerusalem. Pristine condition

ff. (1), (1-3), 4-20, (2), 22-26, (7), (1). Contemporary olive-wood boards.16mo

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