Singular Collection of c.55 Hebrew Manuscripts, originating from the Near East and North Africa. Many of a Biblical and liturgical nature. Also poetry, rabbinics, law, exegesis, etc.

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 649
(YEMEN, NORTH AFRICA, etc.)

Singular Collection of c.55 Hebrew Manuscripts, originating from the Near East and North Africa. Many of a Biblical and liturgical nature. Also poetry, rabbinics, law, exegesis, etc.

Variously worn. Most in original sheep and boards. Folio and smaller

v.p: 18th-20th centuries

Est: $5,000 - $10,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
Approximately half of Yemenite origin. Others deriving from Morocco and Algeria; also includes manuscripts from Aleppo, Cochin, Djerba and Persia. All Hebrew, many with Judeo-Arabic