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The Hebrew Album of Prominent Israelites of America, New York 5665 (1905)

אלבום עברי - Only Edition

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  • Lot Number 51180
  • Title (English) The Hebrew Album of Prominent Israelites of America
  • Title (Hebrew) אלבום עברי
  • Note Only Edition
  • Author M. Goldman, ed.
  • City New York
  • Publisher S. Druckerman Bookseller
  • Publication Date 5665 (1905)
  • Estimated Price - Low 300
  • Estimated Price - High 600

  • Item # 1889275
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Description

Physical Description

First edition. 24, [15 portrait pp] pp. quarto, 232:182 mm., usual light age staining, wide margins. A very good copy bound in the original boards.

Black & white portraits on gloss paper.
 

 

Detail Description

The Hebrew Album consists of 15 leaves of portraits followed by text in Hebrew and English (printed in facing columns) giving basic biographical information on 80 "prominent Israelites of America". The introduction states that the album is divided into groups: Philanthropists, Rabbis, Preachers, Professors, Zionists, Editors and Publishers, Legislators, and Contributors to "The Nation." Another edition of this abum was published by a weekly newspaper called HaLam by Moshe Dov ben Eliezer Aryeh HaKohen Goldman.
     

Hebrew Description

על הכריכה: אלבום עברי תשורה לקוראי "הלאם" (עתון שבועי) שנת תרס"ה ... יו"ל על ידי מ. גאלדמאנן ...

אלבום זה יצא גם בכריכה שונה ועליה: אלבום עברי; שמונים תמונות מגדולי ישראל באמריקה עם תולדותיהם

עברית ואנגלית.

 
 
                 

References

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000124158; Deinard 44