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SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. LOT OF TWO BOOKS. - An open letter to Sir Moses Montefiore. First edition London 1875. Published in honor of Montefiore’s seventh visit to Jerusalem, with letters written by R. Meir Auerbach and R. Shmuel Salant. With additional lengthy narrative written by Montefiore entitled: Diary of His Sojourn in the Holy Land. Hebrew and English. With photograph of Montefiore in cover. Wertheimer press. 148; 40 pages. Book in fine condition with some damage to binding. Gilt edged pages. Previous owner’s bookplates. Bechi Avel Moshe. First edition. Drohobycz 1886. Eulogy in memory of Sir Moses Montefiore, delivered on the conclusion of the thirty day mourning period by Montefiore’s devoted assistant Dr. L. Loewe. Free translation into Hebrew from the original English by M. J. Brettholz of Stanislaw. Additional title page in German. Zupnick press. 24 pages. Fine condition. Modern binding (reinforced spine) with previous owner’s bookplates.