Auction 66 · Lot 176
Leon Horowitz. Romania Ve’America. * And : Tuv Artzoth HaBrith.
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
printer
Friedlander’sche Buchdrukerei
Place
Berlin
Publication
1874
Description
FIRST EDITION . Two parts. Final pages with commercial ads by passenger shipping lines crossing the Atlantic.
summary
Encouraging emigration to the United States, with a description of life in America.
Dedication in English to the Hon. B. F. Peicotto, Consul General of the United States in Bucharest, stating that the book portrays “the condition of our people in the Danubian principalities. It contains… a precise description of the social industrial affairs in the United States, the geography… political institutions, also an impartial guide for the voyage and travel thither.”
ff. (3), pp. iv, 52, 64, (2), 65-66. Ex-library (“Esra,” Cracow), browned. Contemporary boards, rubbed. 8vo.
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