Jonas Ennery. Le Sentier d’Israël, ou Bible des Jeunes Israélites.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(FRENCH-JUDAICA).

Place

Paris, Metz, and Strasburg

Publication

1843

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one.

summary

A student’s version of the Bible prepared by Jonas Ennery (1801-63), principal of a Jewish school of Strasbourg. Despite anti-Jewish rioting in Alsace, Ennery was elected a French Deputy in 1849, representing the department of the Lower Rhine. Ennery’s brother, Marchand Ennery, was Chief Rabbi of Paris.

pp. (4), 413, (1). Browned and lightly worn, endpapers removed. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. 8vo.

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