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Auction 55 · Lot 25

Appeal to the Israelites of the United States for the Founding of a College.

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$1,900

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Thalmessinger & Cahn

Place

New York

Publication

1867

Description

Text in English and German.

references

Singerman 1983.

summary

Highly scarce. Singerman locates just one copy. This educational institution, to be known as the “American Hebrew College of the City of New York, “ was affiliated with New York City’s prestigious Congregation Emanu-El. See B. Korn, The First American Jewish Theological Seminary: Maimonides College, 1867-1873 in: Eventful Years and Experiences, Studies in Nineteenth Century American Jewish History (1954) pp. 160-62. (With thanks to Dr. Arthur Kiron of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania for providing the above-cited reference).
pp. 12. Original printed wrappers. 8vo.
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