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This is the bookplate of the Associates of the Late Rev. Dr. Bray (est. 1723). Dr. Thomas Bray (1656-1730) was an English reverend who created a system of parochial libraries in many of the thirteen American colonies.

He was educated at All…

This is the bookplate of the library of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews (est. 1809). This Anglican missionary society, which still operates today, was established in order to promote the growth of the Hebrew…

This is the bookplate of To'elet (Tongeleth in the Dutch Jewish pronunciation), a Hebrew literary society founded in Amsterdam in 1815 by Samuel Mulder and Mozes Loonstein. The society was created as part of the Dutch Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment)…

This is the bookplate of William Wollaston, esq. of Finborough, Suffolk. Wollaston was born around 1731 and served as colonel of the Eastern Battalion in the Suffolk Militia. He followed in his father William’s footsteps and served as a Member of…

This is the bookstamp of Naḥum (also Nachum) Dober Friedman (1843-1883), rabbi of Sadigura, Bukovina. He was the son of Rabbi Shalom Yosef Friedman of Sadigura. He served as a rabbi in the town of his birth where he was well respected. He died in…

This is the bookstamp of Adolf Rosenzweig (1850-1918), a German rabbi and author.

Rosenzweig was educated at the gymnasium at Budapest and later at the rabbinical seminary of Pressburg. Upon completing his studies, Rosenzweig went to Berlin to…

This is the bookstamp of Adolf Salvendi (1837-1914), a rabbi and member of Hovevei Zion (a Zionist organization). Salvendi served as a rabbi in Berent, Prussia and later as district rabbi in various communities in Frankenthal, Bavaria.

Salvendi…

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 Aron Kagan (Aharon HaKohen), a Lithuanian rabbi. He was born in 1865 to Rabbi Yosef HaKohen and his wife Henya. His grandfather, Rabbi Abraham HaKohen, served as head of the rabbinical court in Goniądz.

Aron Kagan was…

This is the bookstamp of Bernhard Beer (1801-1861), a German author and theologian. Beer wrote frequently about Jewish history, philosophy and Bible exegesis. He also campaigned for the emancipation of Jews.

Beer advocated in particular for…