Altman, Judah Solomon. Batzirei Yehudah.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Place

Brooklyn, New York

Publication

1906

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a neat, square and semi-cursive Aschkenazi hand. Occasional English translation of poems. Additional notes tipped in.

summary

AN UNPUBLISHED RABBINIC WORK. Bio-bibliography and critical evaluation of the works of Abraham ibn Ezra, citing numerous earlier scholars. Tangentially makes mention of corruption within New York’s kosher butcher industry, concerning which the local rabbinate idly stand by and ignore the sorry state of affairs.

ff. 34 leaves. Modern boards. 8vo.

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