Gebete der Hochdeutschen und Polnischen Juden. Translated from the Hebrew and accompanied with remarks by Isaac Abraham Euchel

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

(LITURGY)

printer

D.C. Kanter

Place

Koenigsberg

Publication

1786

Description

FIRST EDITION. German interspersed with Hebrew. Includes 10-page list of subscribers

references

Fürst, Pt. I, p. 259; Freimann, p. 478

summary

First edition of the first translation of the Hebrew prayers into German. The translator, Isaac Abraham Euchel (1758-1804) was a student of the philosopher Immanuel Kant at the University of Koenigsberg and one of the founders of the Maskilic journal HaMe'asef (see Lot ***)

pp. (10), 24, (14), 478,(5), (1 blank). Lightly browned. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, rubbed. With marble slip-case. 8vo

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