This is the bookplate of Rabbi Abraham-Aba Armin Frieder (1911-1946), who served as rabbi in various communities in Czechoslovakia and later Bratislava.
Rabbi Frieder is known for his efforts with the Slovak Jewish underground movement to rescue…
This is the bookplate of Augustus Frederick (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex and ninth child of King George III of England. The Duke was a great bibliophile, and his library was expanded book-by-book (as opposed to large acquisitions) from 1819 to 1830.…
This is the bookstamp of the Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, which was established in Berlin in 1919 to promote Jewish scholarship and the publication of scholarly work. The academy was the first German institution to advocate for the…
This is the bookstamp of Biblioteca Magnani (est. 1801), Magnani Library of Bologna, Italy. This library was established with funds given by Antonio Magnani (1743-1811), professor and librarian of the Institute of Sciences (Istituto delle Scienze).…
This is the bookstamp of Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien Bibliothek, the Library of the Jewish Community of Vienna. This library was established in 1814 through the donations from various benefactors including Anton von Schmid, a Christian printer…
This is the signature of Rabbi Yitzhak (Isaac, also Ayzik) Berlin (1792 or 93-1865), a rabbi and scholar from Hamburg, Germany. He was born to Rabbi Lase Heilbut of Berlin and Mindell Heilbut. He and his wife, Fanny, had as many as 13…
This is the signature of Moses Gaster (1856-1939), who served as the hakham (rabbi) of the Spanish and Portuguese community in London. Gaster was ordained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and received his doctorate from the…