Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects
Statutes and History of Doresh Tzion School – Jerusalem, 1889 – German – Particularly Rare
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Statuten u. Ordnung der Blumenthal Schule (Doresch Zion) zu Jerusalem, die Geschichte derselben vom Tage ihrer Gründung an (5626) bis auf die Gegenwart [Statutes of the Blumenthal (Doresh Tzion) school in Jerusalem and its history since its founding in 1866]. Jerusalem: A. M. Luncz, 1889. German, with some Hebrew and French.
Print signatures of founders and administrators of the school.
On p. 6, small illustration of the school.
Bound with two additional leaves: a sort of recommendation for the school in German, dated 1889, signed by Sigmund Fischer, a banker from Hamburg.
On second leaf, printed in Hebrew on the school's official stationery, is a call for public contributions, with print signatures of the founders and administrators.
[1], 21, [1] pages. Includes original wrapper (with printed title cover), + [2] leaves bound at the end. 23 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tear to front wrapper, and marginal tears to some leaves. New leather binding.
Especially rare. Not documented by Sh. Halevy. Only one other copy is known, in the Amsterdam University Library.