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Auction 40 · Lot 259
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- $3,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Charleston
Publication
1832
Description
De La Motta, Jacob, Dr. Sermon. Be-vo kol yisrael… / When all Israel is come… (Deuteronomy 31:11-13). The Following Discourse was Delivered in the Year 1832 Before the Congregation Beth Elohim of Charleston, in their Synagogue, by Jacob De La Motta, M.D. their President or Parnass
summary
A native of Savannah, Dr. Jacob de la Motta (d. 1845) was a physician and pharmacist, with far-reaching interests in politics, natural history and philosophy. He also acted as Reader of Charleston's Congregation Beth Elohim for several years. In 1820, de la Motta delivered a Discourse at the consecration of Savannah's synagogue, which was later published and copies sent to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
See C. Reznikoff, The Jews of Charleston (1950), pp. 86-88
pp. (2), 37, (2 blank), (1). Stained
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