Lot 294
Kos Yeshua Venehama – Breslau-Hamburg, 1859 – Damascus Affair / Kos Yeshuot – Krotoszyn, 1859
“Sefer Kos Yeshua Venehama” by Rabbi Nathan Friedland, Breslau [and Hamburg], [1859].
The first pages were printed in Breslau and the rest in Hamburg. This book provides a long account of the Damascus Ritual Murder Affair in 1840 and of the activities of Moses Montefiore concerning it. On the last page are two letters from Sefardi rabbis in Jerusalem about sending donations to Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger in Altona and to Baron Hirsch in Würzburg.
* Second title page - Sefer Kos Yeshuot. By Rabbi Nathan Friedland [Krotoszyn, 1859]. Counterfeit place of printing, on title page: Amsterdam.
The work originally included four title pages (Kos Tarela, Kos Yeshuot, Kos Tanhuma and Kos Shel Bracha), but in fact only two title pages were printed, each in a separate book: "Sefer Kos Yeshua Venehama” includes only the first title page - Kos Tarela (despite what is printed on title page), and "Kos Yeshuot" includes the second title page. The other title pages were not printed.
Two volumes. Kos Yeshua Venehama: [2], 33 leaves (without the additional leaf at the end). Leaves [1]-2 from this book were bound by mistake in the second book. Kos Yeshuot: 119 leaves. 25 cm. Good to fair condition, stains [dark stains on one title page], signs of dampness. New bindings.
