Kestenbaum & Company

No image is available in the source archive.

Auction 80 · Lot 164

Group of five printed books, all relating to, and printed in Jamaica. English text with occasional use of Hebrew.

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
$20,000

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Description

* Rabbi B. C. Carillon. Sermon Delivered at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue… in Aid of the Funds of the Beth Limmud Society. Kingston, 1845. * Rabbi B. C. Carillon. Refutation of An Affectionate Address, to the Jews of Jamaica, on the great subject of Christianity, by Thomas Pennock, Minister of the Jamaica Wesleyan Methodist Association. Spanish-Town, 1847. * A Defense of Ancient Rabbinical Interpretation of the Prohibitory Law of Deut. XXIII—3, Being an Answer by M.N. Nathan, Kingston, Jamaica, to a Polemic Essay on that Subject, by the Rev. J.M. De Solla, Montego Bay. Kingston, 1861. * Oration Delivered over the Remains of Aaron De Cordova, Esq. By the Revd. A. H. Delevante, Minister of the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue. Kingston, 1866. * Richard Hill. Eight Chapters in the History of Jamaica from 1508 to 1680 Illustrating the Settlement of the Jews in the Island… Published in Aid of the Funds of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Kingston, 1868.
All Ex-library. Some wear. Original printed wrappers and later boards, rubbed. 8vo.
Enquire about this lot
Stay informed

The next discovery, in your inbox.

Auction announcements, catalogues and news from Kestenbaum.