Asiphath Menachem.

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 129

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Asiphath Menachem.

Manuscript. Exceptional illuminated title-page prepared in gouache and pen-and-ink. Original morocco with silver corner-pieces and central clasp. Folio.

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Elaborate ledger with alphabetized Hebrew thumb-holders prepared for the celebrated Hebrew book-collector Rabbi Menachem Mendel Eckstein of Cleveland. Upon his death in 1946, he left behind a library of 16,000 volumes.