Statuten der Chevra Kadisha DeGomlei Chasadim zu Frankfurt am Main.

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

Back to Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/277

Next Lot>

Lot 202

(GERMANY).

Statuten der Chevra Kadisha DeGomlei Chasadim zu Frankfurt am Main.

German interspersed with Hebrew. <<* With:>> Additional prayers and notes on custom utilized by a member of the Frankfurt Burial Society; inserts with Sheimoth and instructions for the moment at which the soul departs the body; as well as customs in English followed by Washington Height’s Kahal Adath Yeshurun. pp. 38, (2), (1 blank). Original boards, gutter split. Tall 8vo.

Frankfurt a/Main: n.p. 1928

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $150

Details membership and leadership of the Burial Society, as well as its various religious functions. The Appendix provides the names of the members of the Frankfurt Chevra Kadisha going back to 1617 (as they appear on commemorative Cups).