Moses

AUERBACH, Rev Meyer and Rev Samuel SALANT; MONTEFIORE, Sir MosesBiblio.com

An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore Bart.on the day of his arrival in Jerusalem. by the Rev. Meyer Auerbach formarly Chief Rabbi of Kalisch. and the Rev. Samuel Salant. Together with A Narrative of a Forty Days' Sojourn in the Holy Land devoted to an investigation of the state of schools colleges and charitable institutions.

ref. 120802London printed by Wertheimer Lea and Co. 1877. . Second edition. 8vo original publisher's blue cloth blind-stamped with gilt titles in English and Hebrew to opposite sides of the cover all edges gilt contemporary Montefiore's photograph pasted to the back inner cover Montefiore bookplate printed to front inner cover slight foxing to title corners rubbed; 148 42 pp.; with three loosely inserted letters: the first addressed to Sir Henry Paul Seale 1806-1897 mayor of Dartmouth proffering copies of Montefiore's 'Narrative' referring to this work to libraries signed by Sir Moses Montefiore; the second is an autograph letter in Montefiore's hand folded in its original envelope addressed to Seale presenting him with a copy of Montefiore's 'Narrative' for his personal library; the third is an autograph letter in Seal's hand thanking Montefiore for his gesture. The 'Narrative' by Sir Moses Montefiore with an open letter addressed to his by the Jerusalem Rabbis on the occasion of his seventh and final arrival to Jerusalem. The first is an open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore written by the Jerusalem Rabbis Meyer Auerbach and Samuel Salant asking to fund a building of a new Synagogue and Beit Midrash out of the walls of the old city. The letter presented in Hebrew and English printed on opposite sides of the book. It describes in detail the living and educational conditions of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in the 1870s Jerusalem and praising Montefiore's support of oppressed Jewries. The second work written in English only is by Sir Moses Montefiore himself with the very descriptive title also relating to the first work's subject: A Narrative of a Forty Day's Sojourn in the Holy Land devoted to an investigation of the state of schools colleges and charitable institutions. Given to the friends and well-wishers of Zion by Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. F.R.S. on his return from his seventh pilgrimage to the Land of Promise. This second edition was published two years after the first. London, printed by Wertheimer, Lea and Co., 1877. hardcover

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