Burial Service According to the Bagdad Rite. Edited and Translated by Rabbi W. Hirsch.

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 147
(CHINA).

Burial Service According to the Bagdad Rite. Edited and Translated by Rabbi W. Hirsch.

Formerly in the library of Rabbi Marvin Tokayer. ff. 1, 14. Trace wormed. Paper-covered boards. 8vo.

Shanghai: "Published by the children of the late Luna Sopher," 1923

Est: $300 - $400
PRICE REALIZED $200
The editor states in the prefatory note: “This publication will…supply a need that is keenly felt throughout the Far East. The Chinese printer who had no type for the vowel points experienced the utmost difficulty in producing the Hebrew part of the service. This will account for its unattractive appearance.”