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Auction 51 · Lot 87

Ha-Ivri / The Hebrew. Vol. I, No. 1 [Hebrew Newspaper]

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Sarahsohn & Son, April 11th

Place

New York

Publication

1892

Description

Edited by Kasriel Sarasohn

references

Singerman S457

summary

Ha-Ivri appeared from April 11, 1892 until July 29, 1898, and again from June 7, 1901 until Jan. 24, 1902. Included in this premier issue are the results of the U.S. census of 1890. Whereas in 1854 there were in the United States 97 Jewish congregations, in 1892 “there are in the land 533 congregations, with a total membership of 130,496 members.” For details regarding this publication and its editor, see Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America no. 903
pp. 4. Expert repairs along central fold with minor loss. Lg. folio
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