Form of Service, at the Dedication of the New Synagogue of the Kahal Kadosh Mickvi Israel, in the City of Philadelphia. - Eleh HaShirim VehaPesukim MeHakaphoth, MehaSepharim, LeChanukath Beith HaKnesseth Mikveh Yisrael de’K"K Philadelphia.

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $4,500

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

S.H. Jackson

Place

New York

Publication

1825

Description

English and Hebrew titles. Hebrew and English translation face `a face. With final page of "errata in some copies" (see Rosenbach)

references

Rosenbach 278 (illustrated); Singerman 427; Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America no. 1079

summary

Founded in 1740, Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia's oldest Jewish congregation, dedicated its second structure in 1825, designed by the architect William Strickland in neo-Egyptian style. The consecration ceremony also marked the installation of the new Hazan, Abraham Israel Keys. The solemnity of the dedication was reported by American newspapers across the country. See E. Wolf and M. Whiteman, The History of the Jews of Philadelphia (1957) pp. 360-70.

pp. (3), ff.18, p.(1 blank). Ex-library, lower corner of ff.13-14 torn away, text unaffected. Trace foxed. Contemporary marbled wrappers. 8vo

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