Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 375
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(JUDAICA.) Bien, Herman Milton. Oriental Legends and Other Poems. One full-page engraving; text printed within red borders. [2], 198 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, minor wear; hinges split; 1888 signature of artist and diplomat George D.M. Peixotto on flyleaf. New York, 1883
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The author was a rabbi who had served in San Francisco, Nevada and Mississippi. Many of these poems are on religious and/or patriotic themes, from "The Dead Rabbi--Rev. Dr. Max Lilienthal" and "Epitoma Judaica" to "Fourth of July, 1861" and "Washington's Judgment."