Auction 43 Catalogue - Kestenbaum & Company

145 (ISRAEL, LAND OF). A group of circa 40 printed and manuscript
documents, letters and ephemera from the 19th and 20th centuries
pertaining to various organizations, events and personalities in
the Holy Land. Includes: A folded four page broadside entitled
“Hetek Hakdamath Ha-Pinkas Asher Le-Chevrath Ezrath Yisrael”,
Jerusalem, circa 1874. Unknown to Shoshana Halevy, but see no.
218 , Machbereth Ezrath Yisrael. The purpose of this organization
was to establish co-operation betwen all of the residents of
Jerusalem - Ashkenazim, Chassidim and Perushim. * Two copies
of a rare folded four page broadside entitled “Kol Midaber”, to
the Jews in Europe stating that donations sent to the Holy Land
via the Commitee in Amsterdam administered by Lehren is the
only reliable method to ensure that monies will be distributed
in an equitable manner. Endorsed by the Sephardic, Ashkenazic
and Chassidic Rabbis of Jerusalem, Chevron, Safed and Tiberias.
Jerusalem, 1870. [Halevy 158]. These broadsides were addressed
respectively, to Rabbi A. Hildesheimer in Berlin and Rabbi E.
Guttmacher in Graz. Both are slightly defective but together, the
text is complete. * Wedding invitation from Menachem Mendel
Yerushalemsky dated 1870. * Photgraphs of Baron Edmond
de Rothschild, Sir Herbert Samuel, N. Sokolov and others
dated 1914. * Colorful New Year’s greetings from Kolel Minsk
with calendar for 1899. * Various receipts, illustrated booklets
issued by the Keren Ha-Yesod. * Mimeographed announcement
dated 1924, protestng administration concerning elections to
Histadruth. * Printed broadside concerning Poalei Zion, 1932.
Etc. From the collection of Leyzer Ran.
$1000-1500
146 (ISRAEL, STATE OF). Printed invitation to Ceremony of the
Opening of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 7th Nisan, 1925.
Hebrew text. With punch holes. 8vo.
Jerusalem, 1925. $300-500
❧ See also Lot 254.
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147 (ISRAEL, STATE OF). Kitvei-Amanah [Armistice Agreements]:
1. Heskem Mitzrayim-Yisrael [Agreement between Egypt
and Israel, signed 24.2.49].
2. Heskem Levanon-Yisrael [Agreement between Lebanon
and Israel, signed 23.3.,49].
3. Heskem Mamlecheth ha-Yarden ha-Hashemite-Yisrael
[Agreement between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and
Israel, signed 3.4.49].
4. HeskemYisrael-Suriyah [Agreement between Israel and
Syria, signed 20.7.49].
Four volumes. English and Hebrew face `a face. Mint
condition. Original printed wrappers Sm. folio.
HaMadpis HaMemshalti (The Government Printer): 1949.
$2000-3000
❧ The 1949 Armistice Agreements were individually
negotiated and signed between the State of Israel and
neighboring Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. The
agreements ended the offi cial hostilities of the 1948 Arab-
Israeli War. The United Nations subsequently established
supervising and reporting agencies to monitor the established
armistice lines. Despite tensions and occasional violent
outbursts, these lines held until the 1967 Six-Day War.
A full set of these rare documents are most scarce.
[SEE ILLUSTRATION BOTTOM RIGHT]
Lot 146
Lot 147
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