| Author & Curator |
Julie-Marthe Cohen. |
| Collection |
David Henriques de Castro. |
| Imprint |
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1999. Booklet, 39 pp., illustrations: 12 col., 18 b&w, 24 × 17 cm. Dutch and English. |
| Location |
Joods Historisch Museum (20 May–29 August 1999) |
| Description |
An attempt to locate and reassemble (temporarily) David Henriques de Castro’s collection of books, manuscripts and works of art, which were auctioned off one hundred years earlier, in May 1899. Catalog essay on de Castro, his scholarly activities, and his collections and their dispersion after his death. No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
DE CASTRO, DAVID HENRIQUESPHOTOGRAPHSPORTRAITSPRINTED BOOKSPRINTS |
| minor keywords |
AmsterdamCemeteries, NetherlandsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, BiblesKetubbotNetherlandsPorcelainPrints, synagoguesTombstones, medieval |