Compendium of the Order of the Burial Service, and Rules for the Mournings. Compiled by Desire, and Published on Account of the Hevra Hesed Ve’Emet of the K"K Sephardim Shearith Israel
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 78
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Compendium of the Order of the Burial Service, and Rules for the Mournings. Compiled by Desire, and Published on Account of the Hevra Hesed Ve’Emet of the K"K Sephardim Shearith Israel
New York: S.H. Jackson 1827
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Congregation Shearith Israel of New York, established by the members of the first Jewish Community of North America who arrived in 1654, remains the oldest congregation on the Continent. Its Burial Society, Hevra Hesed Ve’Emet is the oldest existing Jewish philanthropic society in New York. This Compendium was its first publication. See Goldman, no. 35