Shir LeYom Chathunath

Estimate

$700–$1,000

Hammer price

Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(DENMARK)

Place

(Amsterdam

Publication

1766)

Description

Hebrew. Broad margins

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1937 (not in JNUL)

summary

Epithalamium in honor of the wedding of King Christian VII of Denmark and Carolina Mathilde, composed by Naphtali Herz Wessely. Christian VII (1749-1808) became King of Denmark on January 14, 1766, upon the death of his father. On November 8th of that year, he wed Carolina Matilda, sister of King George III of England. The poet, Naphtali Herz Wessely (1725-1805) was one of the founding fathers of the Haskalah movement. A native of Hamburg, Wessely grew to maturity in Copenhagen, where his father was purveyor to the King. See JE, Vol. XII, pp. 506-507; Vol. IV, p. 259

ff. 4. Stained, each leaf expertly laid to size. Modern wrappers. 4to

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