Auction 24 · Lot 242
(Foremost Rabbinic leader in Germany, 1808-1888)
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.
printer
30th April
Place
Oldenburg
Publication
1841
Description
Autograph Letter Signed in German (with a few Hebrew words interspersed). Signed “Landrabbiner Hirsch”
summary
Written during the final days of R. Hirsch’s stay in Oldenburg before his move to Emden. See EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 508-9
In this letter, R. Hirsch makes mention of a newly published Hebrew-German dictionary, Erech Milim (Frankfurt a/Main, 1840) authored by Asher Johlson