Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Printed Emissary Letter – Signed by the Rabbis of Hebron – Tevet, 1872
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Printed leaf, emissary letter signed by five rabbis of Hebron, with the stamp of the Kollelot HaSephardim in Hebron. [Jerusalem, Tevet 1872].
At the foot of the letter, handwritten signatures of R. Moshe son of R. David Kimchi, R. Tzvi Nissim Bijaoui, R. David Polychron Hasson, R. Yitzchak Refael Azariah Zevi and R. Meir Yom Tov Farhi.
Printed letter for the emissary R. Eliyahu Mani (rabbi of the city), leaving on a mission to Egypt on behalf of his community in Hebron, to relieve the famine caused by two years of severe drought.
[1] leaf. 35.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Traces of tape at top of leaf.
Presumably printed in Jerusalem (not listed by Sh. HaLevy).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.032.
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print