Auction 35 · Lot 299
32 German and 3 Hebrew / Judeo-German documents relating to the Zunz Family of Frankfurt a/Main
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $4,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ZUNZ FAMILY PAPERS)
Publication
1572-1851
summary
Members of the Zunz family were prominent in the Jewish community of Frankfurt-am-Main.
The genealogy of the family can be traced continuously for several generations. See Kaufmann in Monatsschrift, 1894, p. 481; and JE, Vol. XII, pp. 699-704; EJ, Vol. XVI, cols. 1236-1240.
Leopold (Yom Tov Lipmann) Zunz (1794-1886) was the founding father of the Wissenschaft des Judentums
A more detailed description of the contents of this collection is available upon request