Eicha [Lamentations]. For use by the Jews of Cochin

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

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

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Lot 461

(INDIAN JUDAICA)

Eicha [Lamentations]. For use by the Jews of Cochin

Cochin Square Hebrew Script on paper. With linear translation in Malayalam. Twelve to nineteen lines per page. With ex-libris of David Solomon Sassoon on front-pastedown pp.39. Lightly browned with few light stains. Modern boards. Oblong 8vo

Cochin: Late 19th Century

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

See D.S. SASSOON, Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library (1932) vol I: pp. 31-32. Provenance: Sotheby's, A Further Ninety Seven Highly Important Hebrew Manuscripts, from the Collection Formed by the Late David Solomon Sassoon, New York, 4th December, 1984, Lot 34.