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Bidding Information
Lot #    5382
Auction End Date    8/12/2003 2:12:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Megilat Esther
Title (Hebrew)    מגילת אסתר
Author    [The Rothschild Copy]
City    Warsaw - London
Publisher    Joel Levenson
Publication Date    1876
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   212:152 mm., browned and chipped, bound in contemporary boards, embossed with Rothschild's name in gilt, rubbed on edges with taped spine.
          
Detailed
Description
   Sir Antonio Rothschild (1810–1876), an English baronet as well as an Austrian baron, lived as a country gentleman but was also active in the Jewish community. He was the first president of the United Synagogue, whose seal appears on the title.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew, German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica