Auction 3
Rare And Important Items
Oct 26, 2020
United kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOT 117:
SERMON IN HONOUR OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE’S RETURN FROM A MISSION TO THE EAST.
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Sold for: $260
Start price:
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200
Estimated price:
$400 - $500
Auction house commission: 23%
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SERMON IN HONOUR OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE’S RETURN FROM A MISSION TO THE EAST.
Long sermon printed on a large sheet, in honour of Sir Moses Montefiore, on his return from a special mission to the East. The author criticizes the contemporary state of the British rabbinate and Anglo Jewish life, and proposes the establishment of a Rabbinical Seminary to be named in Montefiore’s honour, to provide rabbinical leaders for the local community.
England. Erev Shabos Kodesh Rosh Chodesh Teves 5601 [25th December 1840].
Unrecorded. Not in British Library or JNUL.
21 x 34 cm. Good condition.
