Original Cloth. 8vo. 29, [1] 303 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Volume one only. In Hebrew. Letters from the 1820's by members of the Va'ad Ha-Pekidim Ve-Ha-Amarkalim, an organization established in 1810 for the financial support of the yishuv in Erez Israel. “In order to combat the heavy expenses of the emissaries of the yishuv and difficulties relating to the distribution of money (halukkah ) between the rival groups there, to concentrate the collection of money throughout the whole of Western Europe in this one organization, the "Pekidim and Amarkalim of the Holy Land. " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Halukkah. Jews - Charities. Judaism - Netherlands - Amsterdam - History - 19th century. Religious institutions - Netherlands – Amsterdam. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (SEF-52-14)