(ROTH, CECIL)

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 332

(ROTH, CECIL)

A collection of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed to the English historian Cecil Roth, concerning a wide-range of Jewish, scholarly and other affairs. The collection includes letters from Zionist leader Chaim Weitzman (3), Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion (2), Mayor of Tel-Aviv, Meir Disengoff (1), Franco-Jewish painter Mané-Katz (1), M.K. Menachem Begin (1), President of Israel, Yizhak Ben-Zevi (3), Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan (1), former Prime Minister of France, Pierre Mendés France (1), Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (1), French writer Edmond Fleg (1), English artist Mark Gertler (1), English sculptor Jacob Epstein (1), English historian Arnold Toynbee(1), French conductor Darius Milhaud (2), French novelist André Maurois (1), Sir John Rothenstein, director of the Tate Gallery, London, on behalf of his father, English painter Sir William Rothenstein (1).

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

The Anglo-Jewish historian Cecil (Bezalel) Roth (1899-1970) was one of the more strident voices in the field of history. Roth’s range of interests was broad and colorful, with a particular foucus on Italian Jewry. Among other distinctions, Roth served as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Judaica. He brought to the otherwise prosaic department of history a touch of the aesthetic. Indeed, he authored several works of Jewish art history. This collection of letters to Roth from various personalities reflects Roth’s roving intellect and appreciation of the arts