Zarski, Samuel Zanvil and Schiff, Moses David. Anshei Shem: Leksikon Rabbani Olami [“Men of Note: World Rabbinic Lexicon.”]

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(BIOGRAPHY).

Zarski, Samuel Zanvil and Schiff, Moses David. Anshei Shem: Leksikon Rabbani Olami [“Men of Note: World Rabbinic Lexicon.”]

Replete with black-and white photographic illustrations pp. 40. Contemporary boards. 4to

Jerusalem-Tel-Aviv: 1940

Est: $100 - $150

PRICE REALIZED $150

Brief biographies, photographs and addresses of leading rabbis worldwide. This collection printed at the beginning of World War Two reflects the upheavals and displacements of the era. Thus we find Rabbi J.I. Schneerson, the Rebbe of Lubavitch, residing at 494 Stone Ave. in Brooklyn (p.26, no. 61), and Rabbi S. Taub, the Rebbe of Modzhitz, Poland residing in Vilnius (p. 36, no. 93)