Aryeh Leib Breslauer. P’nei Aryeh [responsa]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

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The Widow & Orphans Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1790

Description

FIRST EDITION. With marks of previous owner: Tzvi Hirsch Yitzchak Toyvish.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2181

summary

Includes a Halachic question concerning financial matters relating to philanthropy (f.46) offered by Haym Salomon of Philadelphia, demonstrating the conscientious religious nature of this early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot. “One of the most fascinating figures in American Jewish history.” See J.R. Marcus, Early American Jewry (1953) Vol. II pp.132-64.

ff. (3), 106. Lightly stained and dampwrinkled. Later boards, light wear. Sm. folio.

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