Engraving of a portrait of David Levi. 10 x 18 cm. 1799.
From the periodical European Magazine, June 1st, 1799. David Levi (1742–1801) was a writer and translator. His famous translations of the siddur and chumash were the basis of all subsequent translations for the next hundred years.
From the A.L. Shane sale in New York at Christie’s East, 24 June 1998, Lot 329.
