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This is the bookstamp of Emil Wassermann. Emil, who was born on May 12th 1842 in Wallerstein, Germany and died on November 12th 1911 in Berlin, Germany, was the initiator of the banking tradition in the Wassermann Family. He owned and directed A.E.…

Sigmund Seeligmann (1873-1940) was a German-Dutch scholar of Judaism, historian, and a bibliographer. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, Seeligmann came to Amsterdamin 1884, later studying at its rabbinical seminary.

Seeligmann built one of the most…

This is the bookplate of Samuel Apolant (1823-1902), a German rabbi and teacher. Born to innkeeper Lewin Apolant and Miriam Perl, Samuel grew up in Deutsch-Krone, West Prussia. He received a Talmudic education there, and moved to Berlin at seventeen…

Sefer Ot Emet is a comprehensive work on the laws of reading in a Sefer Torah, related blessings, and customs by R. Yehudah ben Manoah ben Ya'akov Said.

R. Said is considered among the great rabbis of his generation. He was born in Dobnitza and…

Luaḥ ha-peʻalim is a book of Hebrew grammar written by Judah Leib Ben Ze'ev (1764-1811), who was the first Jewish scholar to apply Western research methods to the study of Hebrew. Born near Cracow, Ben Ze'ev received a traditional Jewish…

This is the signature of Samuel Apolant (1823-1902), a German rabbi and teacher. Born to innkeeper Lewin Apolant and Miriam Perl, Samuel grew up in Deutsch-Krone, West Prussia. He received a Talmudic education there, and moved to Berlin at seventeen…

This is the signature of Dr. Samual Max (Shemu’el Mosheh) Melamed, an American writer and journalist. He received his Ph.D in Jewish philosophy and was considered to be one of the highest ranking Jewish journalists of his time.

Dr. Samuel…

This is the bookstamp of Shimeon Brisman (1920-2004), a librarian, bibliographer, and rabbi who provided the Washington University Libraries with the collection that bears his name.

Shimeon Brisman was born in Poland. At the outbreak of World War…

This is the signature of Shimeon Brisman (1920-2004), a librarian, bibliographer, and rabbi who provided the Washington University Libraries with the collection that bears his name.

Shimeon Brisman was born in Poland. At the outbreak of World War…

This is an ownership inscription by Italian poet and grammarian Shmuel Arkevolty, found on the title page of Sefer ʻikarim by Joseph Albo (Venice : Giovanni Farri, 1543 or 1544).

The Hebrew text reads:
לה הארץ ומלואה
קנין…