Sylvester B. Beckett. Hester, The Bride of the Islands: A Poem.

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $80

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Bailey & Noyes

Place

Portland (Maine)

Publication

1860

Description

FIRST EDITION. Notes on pp. 333-4 is an account of the contemporary wealth of Damascene Jewry.

summary

A work of fiction, among whose chief characters are a Jew and his daughter. This naturally invites comparison to Shakespeares' Merchant of Venice (peopled by the Jew Shylock and his daughter Jessica); and to Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (whose heroine is the Jewess Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York).

pp. 336. Crisp, clean copy. Original boards. 8vo.

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