Funeral Rites.

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 133

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Funeral Rites.

<<Manuscript>> in Hebrew with additional title-page in English. Both titles with line drawings. Hebrew in square characters, fully vocalized. Directions in English. Composed by <<Aaron Cohen Henriques.>> ff. (16). Sepia ink on coarse paper. Foxed and wormed. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf, gilt extra, worn and starting. 8vo.

Kingston, Jamaica: 1868

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,200

<<A HEBREW GUIDE TO FUNERAL RITES FOR THE JEWS OF JAMAICA.>> The title reads: "This Book was written by Aaron Cohen Henriques and presented to the Kaal Kadosh Shahar Ashamaim for the use of the Burial Ground, Kislev 1, 5629, corresponding with Sunday, 15th November, 1868." The Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue "Shaar HaShamaim" was erected in Kingston in 1744. By 1871, shortly after this manuscript was composed, Jews represented 13% of the white population of Kingston. Henriques was one of the most prominent Jewish families on the island. See M. Arbell, The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean (2002) pp. 239-240, 243, 244 and 256.