Auction 093 Kodesh books, Rabanic manuscripts, Zionism, Erez Israel. Judaica, archaeology and Jewish art
Apr 5, 2016
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 15:

A large and unique collection of signatures and autographs from prominent Jewish figures and diplomats. Europe and ...

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A large and unique collection of signatures and autographs from prominent Jewish figures and diplomats. Europe and Israel, 19th-20th centuries.
A large and unique collection arranged in two small albums of over 280 signatures, letters, dedications and autographs from rabbinic figures, Jewish authors, diplomats, founders of the State, and prominent Jewish figures in Europe and Israel in the 19th and 20th centuries.
A partial list:
*Important signatures: Marc Chagall to Meir Dizengoff [2], Moshe Shamir, Professor Martin Buber, A.Z. Greenberg, Gershom Scholem, M.D. Kassuto, Eli Wiesel.
*Official letters signed by prominent figures and Prime Ministers from the establishment of the State of Israel: Menachem Begin, Chaim Moshe Shapira, Levi Eshkol, Moshe Sharet, Yosef Burg, Zerach Warhafting, Yitzchak Ben Zvi, Yisrael Yeshayhu, Moshe Dayan [3], Shimon Peres, Binyamin Mintz, Teddy Kollek, the judge Shneur Cheshin.
 
*Letters, signatures, dedications and responsa of rabbis from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Israel, from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century.
*Dozens of autographs and dedications of authors of books and poets, including: S.L. Gordon (1913), Moshe Aharon Shatzkes (1866), Israel Eldad (1990), Rivka Gover (1953), Yitzchak Isaac Roller, Yosef Aricha.
*Letters of founders, diplomats and prominent figures: A thank-you letter to the rabbis of Safed from the British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, Zev Vilnay, Aharon Magad, Avraham Ya'ari and others. An extensive communication with Yisrael Rokeach.
*Founders and managers of institutions of medicine, engineering and others, such as Yaakov Zeide, S.G. Tzundak, Hillel Yaffe, Dr C. Chissin (1924) and others.
*Historical documents such as a letter of the Sheikh Amin Tarif, mohel list from the settlement of Petach Tikva, letters from Jewish soldiers from World War II, character references (1942) and birth certificate (1940) signed by the "Mukhtar" of Petach Tikva and Jaffa.
 
General condition is fine to very fine.