Masekhet Eruvin
Footprint · http://data.judaicalink.org/data/footprints/footprint/9096
From footprints
- rdf:type
- Footprint
- Actor
- Josephus Mona Lesser (Owner)
- Date
- 1902
- Call number
- Mcd30 +734, vol. 4
- Copy
- 3420-4519-6282
- Evidence type
- Owner signature/bookplate in extant copy
- Notes
Note that Yale's copy of Masekhet Eruvin is bound together with Masekhet Shabbat, both printed in the same year. On February 14th, 1902, the Boston Evening Transcript reported that death of Josephus Mona Lesser. He knew many languages, including Hebrew and was a collector of Hebr…
Note that Yale's copy of Masekhet Eruvin is bound together with Masekhet Shabbat, both printed in the same year. On February 14th, 1902, the Boston Evening Transcript reported that death of Josephus Mona Lesser. He knew many languages, including Hebrew and was a collector of Hebrew books. Upon his death, his wife, Alice Parker Lesse sold his collection to the bookdealer, C. F. Libbie and Co. (597 Washington Street, Boston, Ma.) who then sold the collection to Yale University. According to the bookplate in this volume, Yale acquired this volume in June of 1902. See (https://books.google.com/books?id=GthGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR17&lpg=PR17&dq=%22mona+lesser%22+company&source=bl&ots=5JbMDudm1q&sig=qYIiDT6JQEASQdqnff0X_VDL5gk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV2MCZudjaAhWi6IMKHbziDnoQ6AEwBHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22mona%20lesser%22%20company&f=false), where we are told that, according to American Book Prices, C. F. Libbie purchased the collection of Josephus Mona Lesser on June 11th and 12th, 1902. Finally, it is important to take note of the second bookplate which has a design recalling the Isle of Mann. In fact, Josephus Mona Lesser's parents were from the Isle of Mann, although it is unclear if Josephus was born there. See image in footprint entry of Masekhet Berakhot 7629. See Josephus Mona Lesser's obituary: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PpE-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JFoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028%2C1760778- Owner
- Josephus Mona Lesser
- Percent complete
- 81
- Place
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Evidence location
- New Haven, CT
- Title
- Masekhet Eruvin
- Verified
- false
- described at
- https://footprints.ctl.columbia.edu/footprint/9096/
- dcterms:date
- 1902
- rdfs:label
- Masekhet Eruvin