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Bidding Information
Lot #    18386
Auction End Date    7/10/2007 10:30:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Joseph Asser Lehmans
Title (Hebrew)    מכתב מה'ר יוסף אשר לעמל, אב'ד האג והמדינה
Author    [Ms.]
City    The Hague
Publication Date    18th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 196:185 mm., age staining, split on folds and taped, ink on paper, signed, not date as initial line is cut.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Joseph Asser Lehmans (1766-1842) chief rabbi of the Hague and country. He was appointed in 1808 after serving as instructor in the Bet Ha-Midrash for several years. A widely loved and respected rabbi by his community, he was the author of several liturgical works. A lithograph of him was published in 1840 when he was granted an audience with King Wilhelm III.
          
Reference
Description		    Gans, Memorbook p. 428
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Holland:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica