Lot 275
Moses Montefiore - Three Books from Jerusalem's Earliest Printing
1. Gai Chizayon, poem with thirty seven stanzas, "to relate Moses' magnitude, his charitable deeds and his praise… Sir Moses Montefiore", by Rabbi Ya'akov HaLevi Sapir. Jerusalem, [1855]. Beck Printers "with the Moses and Judith Printing Press". S. HaLevi 53. (Uncut and unbound paper sheets).
2. Klil Tiferet LeMoshe, sermon in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore's hundredth birthday, by Rabbi Ya'akov Mordechai Hirschensohn. Jerusalem, 1885. With second title page "Sefer Kedushat Eretz Yisrael, Klil Tiferet le Moshe". S. HaLevi 504. (Cover not printed).
3. Chayei Moshe VeYehudit, history of Sir Moses Montefiore, by Ezra Benbenisti. Jerusalem, 1886. On the second page displays an etched portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore. S. HaLevi 549. (Moth damaged).
Varying size. Good condition generally
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
