Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
The Leper – Book of Poetry – First Edition – Philadelphia, 1853
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The Leper and other poems, by Mrs. Rebekah Hyneman. Published by A. Hart, printed by Mirror and Keystone Press, Philadelphia, 1853. English. First edition.
Mrs. Rebekah Hyneman (1816-1875) – American poet who publicized poems, stories and articles in American periodicals during the 19th century (some of her poems appear in "the Occident" volume auctioned in this catalogue, see next item). Hyneman was born in Pennsylvania to a Jewish father (Abraham Gumpert) and Christian mother. In 1835, she married a Jewish merchant Benjamin Hyneman (who mysteriously died in Texas during a business trip in 1839). In 1845, she converted together with both her sons under the auspices of Avraham Hart and Yitzchak Leeser (see next item and item 478), leaders of the Mikve Yisrael community of Philadelphia.
Many of Ms. Hyneman's poems are about the Jewish religion and the Jewish people. In this book, many poems are dedicated to women as well: Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah, Miriam, Ruth and Naomi, Esther, Yocheved, Devora, Hulda, etc. and poems about the destruction of the Temple, Prayer Of Solomon, Lament of Judah, Day of Atonement and the Song of Maccabeus.
VIII, [1], 10-216 pp. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Former library copy, stamps. Bookmark. Original binding, worn, tears to spine.
Mrs. Rebekah Hyneman (1816-1875) – American poet who publicized poems, stories and articles in American periodicals during the 19th century (some of her poems appear in "the Occident" volume auctioned in this catalogue, see next item). Hyneman was born in Pennsylvania to a Jewish father (Abraham Gumpert) and Christian mother. In 1835, she married a Jewish merchant Benjamin Hyneman (who mysteriously died in Texas during a business trip in 1839). In 1845, she converted together with both her sons under the auspices of Avraham Hart and Yitzchak Leeser (see next item and item 478), leaders of the Mikve Yisrael community of Philadelphia.
Many of Ms. Hyneman's poems are about the Jewish religion and the Jewish people. In this book, many poems are dedicated to women as well: Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah, Miriam, Ruth and Naomi, Esther, Yocheved, Devora, Hulda, etc. and poems about the destruction of the Temple, Prayer Of Solomon, Lament of Judah, Day of Atonement and the Song of Maccabeus.
VIII, [1], 10-216 pp. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Former library copy, stamps. Bookmark. Original binding, worn, tears to spine.
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