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Bidding Information
Lot #    33264
Auction End Date    3/13/2012 10:19:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Jews in Philadelphia Prior to 1800
Author    [First Ed.] Hyman Polock Rosenbach
City    Philadelphia
Publisher    Edward Stern & Co.
Publication Date    1888
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. 43 pp., 4°, 245:148 mm., extra wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy not bound. Marked limited edition of 250 and "for review".
          
Detailed
Description		    Hyman Polock Rosenbach, American journalist; born at Philadelphia Sept. 16, 1858; died there March 4, 1892. He was connected with the "Public Ledger" and other papers. In 1883 he published a work entitled "The Jews of Philadelphia Prior to 1800," one of the earliest contributions to American Jewish history (H. S. Morais, "The Jews of Philadelphia," pp. 342-343).
          
Reference
Description		    JE; Singerman 3181
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica