(SOUTH AFRICA)
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 337
(SOUTH AFRICA)
Holborn (London?): 15th February 1884
Est: $500 - $700
In exchange for a loan of 3,851 pounds from the Jonas Brothers, Henry Cohen agreed to indenture to them "his estate share and interest of and in certain farms known as Elandsdrift and Hendriksdal situate in the District of Lydenburg in South Africa." Research has shown that the area in question was the site of diamond mines. Our document thus records early involvement of British Jewry in South Africa's diamond mining enterprise