Ledger Book of Communal Welfare Fund and Soup Kitchen

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 614

(FRANKFURT AM MAIN)

Ledger Book of Communal Welfare Fund and Soup Kitchen

Yiddish text. German square and cursive Hebrew scripts. Brown ink on paper pp.(36) excluding blanks. Contemporary calf-backed patterned boards. 8vo

Frankfurt a/Main: 1785-1804

Est: $3,500 - $4,500

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

Noting equitable distributions to both residents of Frankfurt as well as transients. Detailed lists of names (orphans, widows, etc.) including Families: Sofer, Wahl, Trier, Adler, Schloss, Günz, Fulder, Hirschorn, Fürther, etc. The volume tracks salaries to communal officers, expenditures for Passover and other Festival meals, price fluctuations of groceries and other necessities