Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
THE JEWS OF KAIFENG MURR, CHRISTOPH GOTTLIEB VON. Versuch einer Geschichte der Juden in Sina. Nebst P. Ignaz Köglers Beschreibung ihrer heiligen Bücher in der Synagoge zu Kai-fong-fu, und einem Anhange über die Entstehung des Pentateuchs. 136 pages. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt, spine and joints scuffed, covers sunned; contents toned. Contemporary inscription on title: "à Monsieur de Sacy." Halle: J. E. Hendel, 1806
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first edition, " . . . at that time the most complete account of the history of the Jews of China"--Loewenthal, The Jews in China (1939) 140.