Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Document collection – Verona – 1850-1917

Opening: $250
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Estate archive of Carolina Calabi, including approximately 1,000 leaves, mostly handwritten: Letters, official documents, notarized certificates, bills, estate regulations, etc. Verona, 1850-1917.
The archive includes a large amount of material related to the Jewish community of Verona, the community in Manitoba, and to the various Jewish organizations in Verona: Bikur Cholim, the new synagogue, school and orphanage. It also includes a handwritten play called “Moshe” (20 pages in Italian, signed Cesare Levetti).
A few of the letters have stamps, wax seals and post office ink stamps from the period.
Italy, China, India
Italy, China, India