Zunz Collection of Pamphlets (volume XXXIII). Consists of 44 marked pamphlets, clippings, newspaper pages, ephemera. A few of the marked items consist of several documents. The documents were published between 1836 and 1865, the bulk around 1862-63.

AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 110
(GERMANY).
Zunz Collection of Pamphlets (volume XXXIII). Consists of 44 marked pamphlets, clippings, newspaper pages, ephemera. A few of the marked items consist of several documents. The documents were published between 1836 and 1865, the bulk around 1862-63.
v.p: v.d
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Provenance: The Library of Leopold Zunz (1794-1886).
Topics include the Samson School in Wolfenbuettel; the establishment of a Jewish school in Berlin by M. Friedlander in 1863; a thank-you note by Salomon Rapoport on the occasion of his 70th birthday; a supportive note for Zacharias Frankel by his students; Orthodox protest against Philippson’s German Bible translation; documents of various Jewish aids societies (students, retired teachers). Also contains many publication announcements: Berthold Auerbach’s collected works; the Prague periodical “Sippurim;” Jewish textbooks; the Orthodox periodical “Der Israelit;” Geiger’s “Juedische Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaft und Leben;” Michael Sachs’s Machzor, etc. Also a collection of Steinschneider studies, monographs by Graetz, Joel etc. A number of issues from the Hungarian periodical “Ben Chananja: Wochenblatt fuer juedische Theologie,” Szegedin, 1862-64, which contained a series of articles related to the history of Hungarian Jews.
Detailed list of each item available upon request.