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Auction 63 · Lot 81

Moritz Grünwald. Geschichte der Juden in Böhmen zum erstenmale nach archivalischen Quellen bearbeitet.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$550

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

author

(CZECH REPUBLIC).

Place

n.p

Publication

(1885)

Description

Extensive handwritten notes mainly in Czech with some German and Latin quotes, most likely by Grünwald himself.

references

Worldcat records just a single copy.

summary

A man of much scholarship, Moritz Grünwald (1853-1895) was Rabbi in Pisek, a mid-sized town in the South Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. His last years were spent in Sofia. See www.icpisek.cz/docs/en/zidhistorie.xml.
pp. 84 (printed) + (47 in manuscript), with marginalia throughout. Browned, few leaves loose. Contemporary marbled boards. 8vo.
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