Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
Large Handwritten Leaf – Letter of Appreciation for Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and His Son, from the Members of Kollel Austria – Safed, 1881 – Signatures of the Kollel Trustees, R. Moshe Zeiger, R. Yissachar Dov Berisch Lüstman, and Others
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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Fine letter of appreciation, handwritten on a large sheet of paper, dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and to his son, Crown Prince Rudolf, hand signed by the trustees of Kollel Austria (Kollel Österreich) in Safed. Safed, March 7, 1881. German.
Letter of appreciation and praise in German, dedicated to the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – Franz Joseph I, and to his son, Crown Prince Rudolf; with mention of the marriage of Rudolf with Princess Stephanie of Belgium (daughter of Leopold II King of Belgium).
Hebrew verses in gold and crimson surround the German text.
The letter is signed (in Latin characters) by: • R. Yissachar Dov Berisch Lüstman of Sanok, Lviv trustee of Kollel Austria. • R. Moshe Zeiger Charag (d. 1909), public figure and prominent member of the Safed Chassidic community. Head of the Kollel Austria trustees, and confidant of Rebbe Mendele, the Tzemach Tzadik of Vizhnitz. He married the granddaughter of R. Gabriel Tshak (hence the name Charag – Chatan R. Gabriel). One of his grandsons was the artist Yosef Tzvi Geiger. • R. Chanoch Zundel Fogel, rabbi of the Vizhnitz Chassidim in Safed (previously rabbi of Oyber Visheve). • R. Yaakov son of R. Mordechai Fridfertig of Rozniatow, Vizhnitz trustee of Kollel Austria. • R. Yehuda Leib Krauthamer of Kolomyia, Kosov trustee of Kollel Austria. • Two additional, unidentified signatories ("Efrina ---", "J--- Waidberg"). With the stamp of Kollel Austria.
At the time this letter was signed, Crown Prince Rudolf (1858-1889) was on a hunting and research trip in Palestine and Egypt (the prince travelled around the country, yet did not visit Safed itself). At the time of the trip, which he embarked upon hastily, Rudolf had been betrothed to Princess Stephanie for over a year, and their wedding ceremony was therefore delayed until the end of May that year, after his return from the trip.
Approx. 54X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Minor closed and open tears to margins and folds (slightly affecting text). Reinforced with strips of acidic tape on verso and margins; dark tape stains to length and width of leaf.
Letter of appreciation and praise in German, dedicated to the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – Franz Joseph I, and to his son, Crown Prince Rudolf; with mention of the marriage of Rudolf with Princess Stephanie of Belgium (daughter of Leopold II King of Belgium).
Hebrew verses in gold and crimson surround the German text.
The letter is signed (in Latin characters) by: • R. Yissachar Dov Berisch Lüstman of Sanok, Lviv trustee of Kollel Austria. • R. Moshe Zeiger Charag (d. 1909), public figure and prominent member of the Safed Chassidic community. Head of the Kollel Austria trustees, and confidant of Rebbe Mendele, the Tzemach Tzadik of Vizhnitz. He married the granddaughter of R. Gabriel Tshak (hence the name Charag – Chatan R. Gabriel). One of his grandsons was the artist Yosef Tzvi Geiger. • R. Chanoch Zundel Fogel, rabbi of the Vizhnitz Chassidim in Safed (previously rabbi of Oyber Visheve). • R. Yaakov son of R. Mordechai Fridfertig of Rozniatow, Vizhnitz trustee of Kollel Austria. • R. Yehuda Leib Krauthamer of Kolomyia, Kosov trustee of Kollel Austria. • Two additional, unidentified signatories ("Efrina ---", "J--- Waidberg"). With the stamp of Kollel Austria.
At the time this letter was signed, Crown Prince Rudolf (1858-1889) was on a hunting and research trip in Palestine and Egypt (the prince travelled around the country, yet did not visit Safed itself). At the time of the trip, which he embarked upon hastily, Rudolf had been betrothed to Princess Stephanie for over a year, and their wedding ceremony was therefore delayed until the end of May that year, after his return from the trip.
Approx. 54X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Minor closed and open tears to margins and folds (slightly affecting text). Reinforced with strips of acidic tape on verso and margins; dark tape stains to length and width of leaf.
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