Printed emissary letter for the emissary of the Hebron community, R. Chaim Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi. [Livorno, 1784]. Italian.
Leaf printed on both sides, with the name of the philanthropist completed by hand [Emanuel Roseli]. The leaf begins with the translation of the emissary letter issued by the community of Hebron on 10th Sivan 1782, signed by the rabbis of Hebron.
The letter is followed by authorizations by the Hebron officials in Constantinople, dated 3rd Adar I 1783, and by a letter of recommendation by the Chida, a colleague and relative of R. Chaim Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, written in Livorno, 3rd Cheshvan 1783. The leaf was presumably printed shortly thereafter, alongside another version of this leaf – in Hebrew (original language of the letters).

R. Chaim Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, a Hebron Torah scholar. Travelled to Europe on two missions on behalf the Hebron community, the first to Ashkenazic countries, where he built close ties with the Chida in Amsterdam, and a second time also to Italy (1782–1789), for which this leaf was printed.

[2] pages. 32 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.049.