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Bidding Information
Lot #    24493
Auction End Date    8/11/2009 11:56:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Two letters by R. Joseph Lattu of Reggio
Title (Hebrew)    שני מכתבים מה'ר יוסף לאטיש אב'ד ריג'יו
Author    [Ms.]
City    Reggio
Publication Date    1866;1869
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [4] pp., 192:140 mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Sephardic script, some Italian, signed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Two letters by R. Joseph b. Manoah Lattu, rabbi of Reggio to R. Moses b. Jacob Malka shedar from Jerusalem concerning the collection and delivery of funds collected on behalf of Moroccan Jewish Community in Jerusalem. R. Malka, a native Moroccan, was dispatched three times for lengthy journeys in Europe at the community's bequest. His financial records were the first ever to be printed in a periodical for transparency of the shedar operations.
          
Reference
Description		    Yaari, Shluhei pp. 740-741
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
Italy:    Checked
Other:    Morocco
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew, Italian
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica