A menu of a festive dinner held at the King David Hotel upon the laying of the cornerstone of the Knesset building. Jerusalem, 1958. Hebrew and French. Hand-signed by David Ben-Gurion.
The menu is printed in Hebrew and French, with the emblem of the State of Israel in the center and the inscription: "A festive dinner by the speaker of the Knesset and the deputies in honor of the house of Rothschild, on the day of the laying of the cornerstone of the Knesset building, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem" (Hebrew). Appearing on the external side of the menu, above an illustration of the King David Hotel, is David Ben-Gurion's handwritten signature.
The last will and testament of James de Rothschild, the son of the philanthropist Edmund de Rothschild, left the sum of one million and a quarter pound sterling for a new building for the Knesset. A year later, on October 14, 1958, his widow, Dorothy, laid the cornerstone of the new building.
[1] folded leaf, approx. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.