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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 bookplate of Elkan Nathan Adler (1861-1946), an Anglo-Jewish author, lawyer, historian, and bibliophile. He is famous for being the first European to enter the Cairo Genizah and bringing more than 25,000 fragments back to England.…

This is the bookplate of Ernst Jonah (also Yonah ben Hanokh ha-Kohen) Ehrentreu, a German rabbi and teacher.

Ehrentreu was born in Munich in 1896 to Rabbi Hanokh (Heinrich Chanoch) Ehrentreu and Ida Jettel Ehrentreu. There he began his studies,…

This is the bookplate of Hieronymus Scholtz (1723 - after 1807), a deacon and preacher at the church of St. Elizabeth at Breslau (Wrocław).

This is one of his two bookplates that appear in the Brisman Collection. It was made by engraver Johann…

This is the bookplate of Hieronymus Scholtz (1723 - after 1807), a deacon and preacher at the church of St. Elizabeth at Breslau (Wrocław).

This is one of his two bookplates that appear in the Brisman Collection. It was made by an unknown…

This is the bookplate of Isaac Werne (born Wiernowsky), chief rabbi of the Loz Angeles orthodox rabbinate. Born in 1877 in Slonim, Poland, Werne was ordained by the rabbis of Slonim, Jettel, Azumitzs, and Warsaw in 1897. He received a Masters of Art…

This is the bookplate of Jakob Klatzkin, a philosopher, prolific author, and ardent Zionist. He was born in 1882 in Kartoz-Brioza (present day Byaroza, Belarus) where his father Eliyahu Klatzkin served as local rabbi. As a child he was educated by…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Markus (also Mordecai Amram) Hirsch (1833-1909), Chief Rabbi of Hamburg. Before attaining this position, Hirsch lead the Jewish communities of his native Hungary in the arbitration of conflicts, reorganization of Jewish…

This is the bookplate of Rabbi Meier Hildesheimer (1864-1934), who led the Congregation Adas Yisrael in Berlin and directed the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin (also Bet he-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin, featured in the Brisman collection). Founded in…

This is the bookplate of Myer Isadore Berman, a Massachusetts physician. Born around 1886 in Lithuania/Russia, Myer Berman immigrated to the United States in 1903. He received his medical degree from Tufts University in Boston and married Rebecca…