Lot 250
"An Open Letter Addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore" – London, 1877 – Copy Signed by Montefiore
An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore… on the day of his arrival in the holy city of Jerusalem… by the Rev. Meyer Auerbach… and the Rev. Samuel Salant… Together with a narrative of a forty days' sojourn in the Holy Land. London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1877. Hebrew and English. Second edition.
The book contains impressions of Moses Montefiore's visit to Palestine in 1875 and the text of a long letter sent to him by rabbis Samuel Salant and Meyer Auerbach prior to his arrival in Jerusalem (the letter was printed in the Hebrew original and in English translation. The impressions were printed in English only).
Appearing on the English title page is a handwritten dedication: "To Madame Maria Sonnenberg with Sir Moses Montefiore Bart's best wishes", signed in Montefiore's hand.
Pasted to the inner side of the front binding is a photograph of Montefiore by John Crow Twyman.
148, 40 pp, 24 cm. Gilt embossed binding. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Minor blemishes to margins of binding and spine.
Enclosed: copy (lithograph) of a letter by Montefiore, sent when the book was published.
