<<(New York).>> Chevrah Kadisha Pinkas - Jamaica.

Auction 93 | Thursday, May 06th, 2021 at 1:00pm

K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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(PINKAS).

<<(New York).>> Chevrah Kadisha Pinkas - Jamaica.

Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish written in a fine calligraphic hand. <<Exceptional artistic title page>> by Menachem Schwartz. Followed by Foreword, list of charter members (men and women), rules of engagement. pp. 7 (excluding a great many blanks). Original reverse leather over heavy boards, worn. Thick folio.

Jamaica, Queens: 1929

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

This Burial Society, established in the Jamaica neighborhood in the New York City Boro of Queens, was an amalgam of two existing Societies: Chevras Ahavas Yisroel and Chevras Mishkan Yisroel.