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Gal’ed - The Hebrew Review and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature. Edited by MORRIS J. RAPHALL.

Auction 95 · Lot 321

Gal’ed - The Hebrew Review and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature. Edited by MORRIS J. RAPHALL.

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$650

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

author

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

For the Proprietors by Simpkin and Marshall

Place

London

Publication

1835-6

Description

Volumes I-III. Numbers 1-78 (all published). Text in English with extensive use of Hebrew.

summary

THE FIRST RABBINICAL JOURNAL TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND. Morris J. Raphall was an active and prolific writer and orator both in his native England and later, in the United States. As well as editing Gal’ed, the first rabbinical periodical issued in England, he wrote the first English translation of parts of the Mishnah (along with David Aaron de Sola).
* Vol. I: pp. 420. * Vol. II: pp. 416. * Vol. III: pp. 420. Lightly browned, outer corner of title-page of first two volumes clipped. Later boards. 4to.
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