Auction 10 Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Jun 24, 2010
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 16:

Songs and Praise for the King of Holland's Birthday – Bucharest, 1873

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Songs and Praise for the King of Holland's Birthday – Bucharest, 1873
Songs and praise, thanks and blessings for the birthday of our king and father William the Third, the King of Holland. A single leaf printed in gilded ink. Bucharest, February 1873.
At the top of the leaf a poem appears in Hebrew, under it are Roman and German translations of the poem in two columns. The poem has seven stanzas, opens with the words "Behold our ears have today been filled / With a blast of joy from all lips".
The words "first to the secretary and translator by the General Counsel of Holland Staraste – Those who take refuge under the wings of Holland here in Bucharest…" are written under the Hebrew version.
Leaf 58.5cm. Fair condition, fold marks, stains, including ink stains with damage to writing. Slight tears.
Rare and bibliographically unknown.

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