Menasseh Ben Israel
Autographic letters|| biography || books || publications ||
Amsterdam University Library has in its collection six autographic letters by Menasseh Ben Israel written in the Spanish language. One of them is addressed to Gerardus Joannis Vossius, dated 4th June 1638. Four of them are addressed to his son, Isaac Vossius, and one to Hugo Grotius, dated 25th December 1638. The full text and an image of the original can be found on this cd-rom. The letters are in two resolutions.
| Text of the letters dated: | image of the original | address | |
| 4th June 1638 | 169 Kb and 180 Kb and 129 Kb | 336 Kb and 357 Kb and 278 Kb | |
| 25th December 1638 | 161 Kb and 177 Kb | 344 Kb and 363 Kb | |
| 10th January 1651 | 161 Kb | 540 Kb | 84 Kb |
| 10th March 1651 | 183 Kb and 172 Kb | 371 Kb and 357 Kb | 98 Kb |
| 2nd February 1652 | 129 Kb | 469 Kb | 99 Kb |
| 8th February 1655 | 229 Kb | 633 Kb | 92 Kb |
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The wax seal Menasseh used resembles his printer's mark. |  |