Auction 88 · Lot 34
An Apology from a Christian to a Jew.
- Estimate
- $120–$180
- Hammer price
- $60
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ANTISEMITICA).
printer
July 10
Place
n.p
Publication
1824
Description
Autograph Letter Signed, written in English, to Mr Cahine, by (indecipherable).
summary
The writer states that he did not conceive “that my brethren of the Jewish Church would take offense” at some unspecified statement. He hopes that his “name is not to be enumerated amongst those” who are enemies of the Jews. The writer claims that “the evidence of his life” contradicts that.
One page, integral blank, remnants of wax seal. 4to.
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