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”Columbus” – The Discovery of America. Rare Only Edition. Lemberg, 1846. - ”Kolumbus”, a book in the style of a megillah recounting the story of the discovery of America. Originally written in German by Joachim Heinrich Campe, it was translated into Hebrew by Abraham Menahem Mendel Mohr (1815–1868), a prolific and fascinating writer, geographer, and proponent of the Haskalah who lived in Galicia. Rare only edition . Lemberg, 1846. Ownership inscription and signatures of Zvi Hirsch, son of the philanthropist R. Yosef Sternberg. 50 leaves. 19.7 cm.