(Mohel Bichel).

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 310

(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK)

(Mohel Bichel).

Hebrew Manuscript on paper. Recording the performance of 1,140 circumcisions during a period of twenty years. Written in a clear, cursive Ashkenazic hand. pp. 114. Contemporary calf backed boards. 8vo.

Klausenburg: 1894-1914

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Most of these circumcisions were performed in the town of Klausenburg (Kolozsvár), today Cluj, Rumania. Other towns and villages mentioned are Monaster, Somoshpalvo, Sasregen and Deesz. An important historical record for Jewish genealogy.