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Koppelman Lieben. Gal-Ed.

Auction 76 · Lot 237

Koppelman Lieben. Gal-Ed.

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(PRAGUE).

printer

M.J. Landau

Place

Prague

Publication

1856

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in German and Hebrew. Two titles. With ten additional manuscript pages describing tombstones in Leslau and Lublin inserted before the titles, on verso of both titles p. vi and between pp. 32-3. From the library of R. Hayim Liberman, Brooklyn.

references

Vinograd, Prague 1487

summary

A valuable source for the history of Prague. Records 170 epitaphs from the old Jewish cemetery of Prague, with biographical data in German by Simon Hock and a lengthy scholarly introduction in Hebrew by the Rabbi of Prague, Solomon Judah Leib Rappaport (Shi”r).
pp. 54, 84; 20, 71, (1). Some staining, some pages loose. Contemporary boards. 12 mo.
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