28 [The Deceased a Leader of the Hebrew Education Society & Maimonides College] [Binswanger, Isidore, 1820-1890] [Frances Binswanger, Preferatory Poem]

IN MEMORIAM [ISADORE BINSWANGER]

New York: Press of Lehmaier & Bro. 1890. Item #42371

1st edition. Original publisher’s boards, 8vo, [39] unnumbered pages + 1 photo plate (portrait of Rabbi Binswanger). 22 cm. Prefatory poem signed in the print: F. B.(i.e., Frances Binswanger). Singerman 4075.
Includes excerpts from obituaries that appeared in various periodicals. Isidore Binswanger (1820–1890) was a “U.S. businessman and communal leader. Binswanger was born in Wallerstein, Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in 1841, living first in Baltimore, then in Philadelphia, and finally in Richmond, Virginia. In 1869 he became president of the Richmond Granite Company, a position he held until shortly before his death.
Binswanger was chairman of the board and later president of the Hebrew Education Society in Philadelphia, and president of the board of trustees of Maimonides College [Hebrew Education Society]. He was also active in various aid societies and helped organize relief measures in the early 1880s for Jewish immigrants from Russia. His three brothers, Lewis, Samuel, and Harry S., settled in Richmond too, where they also went into business and were active in local Jewish life” (EJ).
SUBJECT(S): Memorial service. Obituaries. Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography. Jewish businesspeople -- Service comme´moratif. Ne´crologies. Juifs -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Biographies. Gens d'affaires juifs -- Death and burial.
OCLC: 40128020. OCLC and Singerman together list 8 copies worldwide (YU, Wesleyan, HUC, HUC-LA, Free Lib Phila, Temple, Penn, AJHS), only one at any Ivy League institution.
Jewish Institutional bookplate on front pastedown, bookplate removed from rear pastedown, edgewear to blank front endpaper, no other marks inside, some light wear to boards, Very Good Condition (B) (AMR-67-31-RBD!).

Price: $1,200.00