Lady Judith Montefiore. Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine, by way of Italy and the Mediterranean.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

“Not Published”

Place

London

Publication

1836

Description

FIRST EDITION. Signed by former owner, the English collector par-excellence, Jack V. Lunzer.

references

Roth, Magna A10 no. 176

summary

Wife of the eminent Sir Moses Montefiore, Lady Judith has a most elegant style to her writing, viz: "After an hour's ride we came to Rachel's Tomb… On entering I was deeply impressed with a feeling of awe and respect, standing as I thus did, in the sepulchre of a mother in Israel… My feelings of gratitude were not a little increased by a knowledge of the circumstances, that only six European females are said to have visited Palestine in the course of a century…"(p. 206)

pp. (4), 322. Later half-roan, extremeties rubbed. 8vo

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