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LOT 349:
Memoirs of Sir Moshe Montefiore and his Wife Judith, Complete Special Edition
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Memoirs of Sir Moshe Montefiore and his Wife Judith, Complete Special Edition
Memoirs of Sir Moshe Montefiore and his wife Judith (with their pictures), edited by Dr. Eliezer HaLevi, in Hebrew translation. Parts I-II (divided into four "books, " with separate title pages). Warsaw, 1898-1899. Special copy.
In this book, Dr. Levi gathered all the precious material he found in the memoirs ... of Montefiore and his wife ... and he also added many respectable words he heard from them ... In addition, he included detailed biographical information about Montefiore's family and that of Montefiore's wife, Judith, at the beginning of the book. With a picture of Montefiore in his old age, and a portrait of his wife Judith in her youth.
Before us is a special copy. Each one of the four parts of the book has an illustrated frontispiece added to it from Bibliothequah Ivrit (these title pages are not included in the number of pages).
Part I: Books I-II. 1898. [2] portraits, 80; [4], 86-141 pp. Part II: Books [III]-IV. 1889. 70; [2], 73-161, III pp.
Fine-very fine condition: Individual worming marks.
