Two Prayers in Honor of Moses Montefiore – Italy, 1846 and 1883 / Printed Booklet Containing Correspondence between ...

Two Prayers in Honor of Moses Montefiore – Italy, 1846 and 1883 / Printed Booklet Containing Correspondence between Moses Montefiore and the Jews of Palestine – England, 1874
Two printed prayers in honor of Moses Montefiore and a printed booklet with a letter by Moses Montefiore to the Jews of Palestine and letters received in response.
1. "A song of thanksgiving and greeting to Moses Montefiore, a righteous and honest man, great among Jews …". Trieste: Ignatz Popesh and Friend, [ca. 1846].
Prayer in honor of Moses Montefiore, written by Rabbi Shabtai Elchanan Treves, following Montefiore's efforts in assisting the Jews of Damascus during the Damascus Affair (1840).
[1] leaf, 22.5X36 cm. (printed on both sides). Good-fair condition. Tears along edges and along fold lines. Open tears, mostly to margins and not affecting text. Creases. Stains.
2. Preghiera per Mosé, "To praise and glorify the name of the esteemed and elevated dignitary… Sir Moses Montefiore… greetings for the hundredth year of his life". Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1883. Hebrew and Italian.
9; [2] leaves, 13-16 pp (the booklet is incomplete), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
3. Translations of a Letter Addressed by Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., F.R.S., […] to the Jewish Congregations in the Holy Land […] and the Replies Received Thereto, by Moses Montefiore. London: London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, 1874. English.
In 1874, after a hard winter that raised the price of food, the Jews of Jerusalem appealed to Moses Montefiore, who had been continuously supporting the Yishuv and repeatedly attempted to find sources of income for it, with a request for help. In response to their appeal, Montefiore wrote to the representatives of the Jewish communities in Palestine and suggested to initiate agricultural, trade and industry projects in order to improve their situation and save them from the hunger they regularly suffered from, as well as the dependence on charity funds. Montefiore gathered the letters he received in response from the representatives of the communities and from private people, the contents of which range from doubt to open enthusiasm, and printed them in this book in order to distribute it among the Jews of Britain and motivate them to support the establishment of a functioning economy, especially agricultural settlement, in Palestine.
Enclosed: a printed letter by Moses Montefiore, signed with his printed signature, urging the addressee to read the correspondence in order to be convinced of the willingness of the Jews of Palestine to work for their living and to contribute money to Montefiore's agricultural and business initiatives in Palestine.
82 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Creases. A tear to the last leaf. Tears and open tears along the edges of the cover. Loose cover. Missing spine. Loose and partly detached gatherings. Library sticker on the cover.
Enclosed letter: [2] pp (a sheet folded in half), 32.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.