Imrei Lev / Meditations and Prayers for Every Situation and Occasion in Life

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $400

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Place

Philadelphia,

Publication

1866

Description

Translated and adapted from the French (of Jonas Ennery) by Hester Rothschild. Revised and corrected by Isaac Leeser. English text with some use of Hebrew. Signatures of former owner: "Sarah Neumark, 1866" and "Estelle Neumark.”

references

cf. Singerman 1832 (an earlier 1864 edition)

summary

The Preface states: "In its present form, the work is not intended to be used in place of, but as a companion to, the Jewish ritual." See L.J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995), pp. 209-10

pp. 16, 260 (lacking pp. 255-258), stained. Contemporary calf, heavily rubbed. 8vo

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