Bikurei Ha’itim [literary journal]

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(HASKALAH).

printer

Anton Schmid

Place

Vienna

Publication

1821-23

Description

Vols. I-III bound in one. In Hebrew and Judeo-German. With large folding publisher’s ad.

summary

This literary-scientific journal was a central forum for Haskalah literature for twelve years. The editor Shalom Cohen sought to follow the literary tradition set by the first Haskalah periodical HaMe’assef. The first issue contains a biography of Moses Mendelssohn (pp. 20-2). See EJ, vol. IV cols. 992-3.

Ex-library, some staining, small tear on fold out. Modern boards. 8vo.

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