Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser;July 12, 1849
- Title
- Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser;July 12, 1849
- Author
- Isidor Bush
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Format
- Letter. 4 page(s).
- Type
- Letter
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3s757b4r/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3s757b4r
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- content
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New York 12 July 1849
Hebrew
Hebrew
New York, January July 12, 1849
To the honorable and famous sage, Rabbi Isaac Leeser:
I again want to call your attention to the price of your prayer books and ask whether you would consider lowering it, in view of the fact that Frank's will cost only $1.00, and thus make sales impossible. I do not, however, desire to give you any advice. Do whatever you like. It might be preferable to leave it at the old price, since people will see how much handso-mer and more complete your prayer books are, and will not mind the higher price
The chief reason for my letter of today is the handsome Torah about which I forgot in my last letter. It is a beautiful specimen, and I know that in your hands it is worth $180 The trouble is that I haven't the acquaintanceship, nor the necessary connections, and I prefer to give it to you $20 cheaper than I could possibly get from congregations in the course of a few months. I want to offer it to you for only $130. Let it be viewed by an impartial person and you will see what a tremendous difference there is between such a torah and the kind sold by Ottinger. I also have some woolen and silk “talithim?”, some of which even the Rev. Isaacs bought although he usually imports his directly.
Through your correspondence and acquaintanceship throughout the United States even with such Christian scholars as interest themselves in Jewish knowledge, or the study of Hebrew literature you could do more than anyone else for my book business. I do not say that you should dispose, for me, of calendars, “Aggadahs”, and children's prayer books. Such things I would certainly not suggest to you. But my catalogue contains works, the dissemination of which will certainly not reflect upon you, even though you are not their publisher. Finally, I require no cash from you for such books. I should only take something as an exchange account from your publications. I shall give you these things to be sold during a period of four or five months.
I have already printed the catalogue and cannot expend such a sum again. Had we discussed this matter previously,
7-12-1849
I should gladly have had this catalogue printed in accordance with such an arrangement, or through your you. In view of the fact that the format of the catalogue is the same as that of the Occident, at least in the matter of the size of the paper, it can, without harm, be attached to the next issue of the “Occident” without increasing the postage cost, or any other expense. On the cover one might say that these books are obtainable through me or through you. I hope you will agree to this.
If you, yourself, don't want to buy the Torah or do not know of any customer and if you consider it worthwhile, please insert, in my name, a small advertise-ment about it on the cover of the “Occident”. The Torah is 28 inches long without the “etz chaim”* The parchment and the script are unusually handsome and fine. Pardon me for burdening you again with my poor writing.
most respectfully,
Isidor Bush
7-12-1849
*rollers - Identifier
- LSDCBx1FF6_48
- Date
- 1849-07-12
Part of Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser;July 12, 1849
Isidor Bush, “Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser;July 12, 1849”, 1849-07-12, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/68988