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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  22 Feb 2020 ~ 1pm (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406)
  23 Feb 2020 ~ 1pm (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 407 - 1007
• Lot #:
  816
• Lot Description:
  [JUDAICA] Abraham ben Shalom BELAIS [Belaish] (1773 - 1853); Lazare Eliezer WOGUE (1817 - 1897)
  “Livre du puits vivant et voyant, poeme, contenant des maximes de morale et de politique fondees sur la philosophie......Compose en hebreu par Abraham Belais... et traduit en Francais par Lazare Wogue....” [Paris and Vienna, 1838-39] quarto, in original presentation binding of limp red cloth with green morocco label to front bearing a gilt dedication to “Le Comte de Rambuteau, Prefet du Dep. de la Seine”. A collection of odes written by Belais, Chief Rabbi of Nice, dedicated to Louis-Phillipe I, King of France and his family.
• Notes:
  Only five other examples located in OCLC; namely at University of California, Los Angeles; Biblioteque National de France; The British Library; University College, London & the University of Amsterdam.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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