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This is the bookplate of N.H. van Biema (1836-1901), a Dutch author, bibliographer and bibliophile. He is also referred to by his pseudonym "Yenahel" (ינהל), which is an acronym of the first initials of his Hebrew name Ya'akov Naftali Hirts Levi…

This is the bookplate of Pinkus Fritz (also Friedrich) Frankl (1848-1887), a German rabbi and author.

Dr. P. F. Frankl was educated at the yeshiva in Pressburg and later at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. While Frankl was studying at…

This is the bookplate of Dr. Philipp Bloch (1841-1923), a rabbi and prolific author on Jewish subjects.

He studied at the University of Breslau and the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, where he was a student of Jacob Bernays (whose…

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…

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…