Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Illustrated Share Certificate – "Hermon"– French Company for Development of Agriculture and Industry in Palestine – Paris, 1906

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Share certificate in the amount of 100 Francs – "Hermon, Société Industrielle et Agricole en Palestine "["Hermon Agriculture and Industry Company in Palestine" – French company for the development of agriculture and Industry in Palestine]. Paris, 1906. French.
Printed on the certificate are fine illustrations of workers plowing with bulls and two girls carrying jars and fruit (one illustration is signed "E. Loevy"). A complete coupons stub with 30 coupons.
47X37 cm (including the coupons), good condition. Some creases and tears at margins. Wavy cut at the left margin, with loss of text. Inscription with colored pencil on top of the certificate.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The Morton Leventhal Collection
The Morton Leventhal Collection