Abigail, Third Daughter of David Abarbanel Lindo, Esq. A Hebrew and English and English and Hebrew Dictionary.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

Samuel Meldola

Place

London

Publication

1846

Description

“Not Published.” Frontispiece portrait of the father of the Authoress. Dedication to Sir Moses Montefiore. Straight-grain morocco label on upper cover tooled “Presented by the Authoress.”

references

Unlisted by Roth.

summary

A work uniting the most aristocratic of Sephardic families in England: Abarbanel, Lindo, Meldola, Montefiore and Disraeli. David Abarbanel Lindo, the authoress’ father, was the Mohel for Benjamin Disraeli, the future Prime Minister of England. This dictionary is testimony to the learned women of Anglo-Sephardic families.

pp. (10), 359. Some foxing. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, rubbed. 8vo.

Enquire about this lot