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Signature proofs for Six Prose Pieces by Robert Duncan, circa 1966.

This is the signature of Tsebi Hirsch (also Zvi Hirschel) Lehren (1784-1853), a wealthy Dutch merchant and Orthodox rabbi.

In 1810, along with Abraham Prinz and Solomon Rubens, he founded the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization to support and…

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 signature of Shmuel Meier (also Samoil or Samuel) Schon, a Romanian merchant.

Schon was born in Nagyvarad, Romania on October 20th, 1881 to Yosef (Herman) and Miriam (Maria) nee Hoffman. He married Nekha (Nina) nee Porges and they had…

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…

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 the signature of Shemuel Shemaiah (Samuel Shemaiah or Shemayah) Papo , an Italian rabbi, hakham (Torah scholar) and writer of halakhic responsa.

Born in 1708, most likely in the city of Ragusa where his father Abraham David Papo was…

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 signature of Samson (Shimshon in Hebrew) ben Joshua Moses Morpurgo (1681-1740), an Italian rabbi and physician.

As a child, Morpurgo was educated in Venice and later studied at the University of Padua where he received his medical…

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…