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AUERBACH, Rev. Meyer and Rev. Samuel SALANT; MONTEFIORE, Sir Moses.

An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart.,

...on the day of his arrival in Jerusalem.... by the Rev. Meyer Auerbach, formarly Chief Rabbi of Kalisch... and the Rev. Samuel Salant. Together with A Narrative of a Forty Day's Sojourn in the Holy Land, devoted to an investigation of the state of

Stock Code
107057
London, Wertheimer, Lea and Co. (printers), 1877
£375

Two works relating to Sir Moses Montefiore.

The first is an open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore written by the Jerusalem Rabbis, asking to fund a building of a new Synagogue and Beit Midrash out of the walls of the old city. The letter presented in Hebrew and English, printed on opposite sides of the book. It describes in detail the living and educational conditions of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in the 1870s Jerusalem.

The second work, written in English only, is by Sir Moses Montefiore himself, with the very descriptive title, also relating to the first work's subject
A Narrative of a Forty Day's Sojourn in the Holy Land, devoted to an investigation of the state of schools, colleges, and charitable institutions. Given to the friends and well-wishers of Zion, by Sir Moses Montefiore Bart., F.R.S., on his return from his seventh pilgrimage to the Land of Promise.



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First edition. 4to, English and Hebrew title at opposite ends of the book. Contemporary Montefiore's photograph pasted to the back inner cover, Montefiore bookplate printed to front inner cover, presentation inscriptions to both front and back inner covers.. Contemporary blue clothe boards, with embossed geometrical ornaments and gilt lettering. Edges gilt. Spine and corners rubbed. Slight foxing to some pages, pp. 145-148 detached. [3], 4-148, [42] pp.

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