Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Feb 18, 2021
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USA
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
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LOT 3:
(CHEVRA KADISHA).
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Sold for: $450
Start price:
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250
Estimated price:
$400 - $600
Auction house commission: 25%
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(CHEVRA KADISHA).
Sepher Hazkarath Neshamoth [Yizkor recitation book].
Hebrew manuscript on vellum written in square calligraphic Ashkenazic hand.
pp. 8. Dampsoiled, remnants of adhesive paper. Old boards, heavily worn. 4to.
Central Europe: 1777
This manuscript was presented by Yissachar Baer ben Solomon of Prague, to a different community. The names of thirty seven rabbis and prominent members of the community are listed, along with Keil Maleh prayers for the deceased. Neubauer calls attention to the unusual woman’s name ‘Sazbonne’ recorded in this manuscript. See Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Jews' College, London (1886) no. 148, p. 46. Provenance: Christie’s New York, 23rd June, 1999. Lot 46.
