Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Yerushalayim Titen Kolah – Poster Calling to Support Etz Chaim Institutions – Jerusalem, 1889 – Rare
Printed leaf, Yerushalayim TIten Kolah – call for tzedakah collectors in England and America to support the united fundraising effort of three institutions: the Etz Chaim Torah school and yeshiva and the Bikur Cholim hospital, on the authority of R. Shmuel Salant and the rabbis of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Kislev 1889.
The bottom of the leaf contains R. Shmuel Salant's signature in print, as well as the signatures of R. Avraham Abba Yaakov Sendrowitz, R. Moshe Eliezer Dan Ralbag, along with other rabbis and officials. The poster is stamped with an original stamp of the Etz Chaim Torah school and yeshiva.
[1] leaf. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. Tears to folds, repaired with tape. Small marginal open tear. New binding.
Rare. Does not appear in Sh. Halevy.
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Dr. I. Mehlman, with his handwritten inscriptions.
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