LIDA, DAVID BEN ARYEH LEIB. Sod Hashem [Kabbalistic treatise on mysteries of circumcision, with prayers.

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(CIRCUMCISION BOOK).

LIDA, DAVID BEN ARYEH LEIB. Sod Hashem [Kabbalistic treatise on mysteries of circumcision, with prayers.

Second Edition. Additional 8 leaves in manuscript containing entries of 102 circumcisions performed between the years 1776-1821. On title, signature of former owner: "Judah Plesch, Baja." ff.32. Some leaves remargined, sstained. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. 8vo

Amsterdam: Solomon Proops 1709

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $950

The Mohel who kept this record book of circumcisions, Judah Plesch, was a resident of Baja, Hungary. He practiced circumcision in his hometown and in the surrounding villages of Almas, Csavoly, Katymar, etc.