A varied miscellany of manuscripts, documents, letters and ephemera. Scholarly, communal, political, etc. All in English, German, Polish, French, etc.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 337
(MANUSCRIPTS).
A varied miscellany of manuscripts, documents, letters and ephemera. Scholarly, communal, political, etc. All in English, German, Polish, French, etc.
v.p: 18th - 20th centuries
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,100
Should be seen. A wide variety of materials. From the collection of a scholarly collector.
Material (manuscript and printed) includes: Correspondence of Moses Lutsky; Letters pertaining to Moses Montefiore; Prayer at dedication of Synagogue of Mainz; Manuscript sermons of H. Gollancz; Announcement in Hebrew and Polish pertaining to the status of the Jews in Poland dated 1863; Census form from the Shanghai Municipal Police for a Yeshiva student (1943); Manuscript pertaining to Manasseh ben Israel; Italian Shechitah Manual; Newspaper report of the Damascus Blood Libel; Bookplates of prominent collectors; Photographs of prominent Rabbis, Zionist leaders and literary figures, etc.