Record-book of agreements relating to community partnerships and property rentals.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 266

(MOROCCO)

Record-book of agreements relating to community partnerships and property rentals.

Hebrew manuscript in several Moroccan cursive hands. Signed by many Rabbis and communal leaders in Fez including: R. David Cohen, Meir ibn Naim, Yoseph Edrei, Yaakov Halfon, Yaakov Sasson, Eliahu Attia, Haim Elbaz, Yoseph Halevi ibn Yulis and others. ff. 112 leaves. Contemporary calf, worn. 8vo.

Fez: 1888-89

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Fez, the former capital, is one of Morocco’s four “imperial cities,” the others being Rabat, Marrakech and Meknes. Jews have had a presence in Fez for more than a millennia. The manuscript is of particular interest to the history of Fez due to the listing of names of numerous Jewish families resident there.