Masekhet Sukkah
Footprint · http://data.judaicalink.org/data/footprints/footprint/9163
From footprints
- rdf:type
- Footprint
- Actor
- Josephus Mona Lesser (Owner)
- Date
- 1902
- Call number
- Mcd30 +734, vol. 12
- Copy
- 1082-4670-6445
- Evidence type
- Owner signature/bookplate in extant copy
- Notes
Note that Yale's copy of Masekhet Sukkah is bound together with tractates Rosh Hashanah, Ta'anit, Yoma, Shekalim, Megillah. There is no bookplate marking them as belonging to Josephus Mona Lesser, but Mona Lesser is pencilled in on the title page, suggesting that the bookplate wa…
Note that Yale's copy of Masekhet Sukkah is bound together with tractates Rosh Hashanah, Ta'anit, Yoma, Shekalim, Megillah. There is no bookplate marking them as belonging to Josephus Mona Lesser, but Mona Lesser is pencilled in on the title page, suggesting that the bookplate was removed when it was rebound at Yale. Also note that 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 Lesser 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 Sukkah
- Verified
- false
- described at
- https://footprints.ctl.columbia.edu/footprint/9163/
- dcterms:date
- 1902
- rdfs:label
- Masekhet Sukkah