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Auction 53 · Lot 252
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Issac Leeser. Group of six items relating to Rev. Isaac Leeser.
Autograph Letter Signed in German to Isaac Leeser from S. Cohen and Mr. Fleishman. New York, May 14th, 1851. * Printed Invitation with manuscript addition addressed to Isaac Leeser to attend a meeting of the Hebrew Education Society. Signed A. Finzi, Asst. Secretary. Philadelphia, November 30th, 1853. * Autograph Letter Signed in English to Isaac Leeser from Joshua Lazarus, President of Beth Elohim Synagogue of Charleston, concerning the Leeser Bible. Charleston, March 19th, 1854). * Autograph Letter Signed in English to Isaac Leeser concerning the dedication of the new cemetery of Kehilah Anshe Mayrif of Chicago (with related German news clipping attached). Chicago, June 24th, 1857). * Printed Invitation with manuscript addition addressed to "Brother Rev. Isaac Leeser" to attend meeting of the B'nai Brith Lodge. n.d. * Printed Document Invitation with manuscript addition from the Office of the Executors of the Estate of Rev. Isaac Leeser. Philadelphia, April 1st, 1868.
summary
See L.J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995)