Burial Service According to the Baghdad Rite. Edited and Translated by Rabbi W. Hirsch.

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 134
(CHINA).

Burial Service According to the Baghdad Rite. Edited and Translated by Rabbi W. Hirsch.

Text in English and Hebrew. ff. 1, 14. Trace wormed. Paper-covered boards. 8vo.

Shanghai: “Published by the Children of the late Luna Sopher,” 1923

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $250
The editor states in the prefatory note: “This publication will… supply a need that is keenly felt throughout the Far East. The Chinese printer who had no type for the vowel points experienced the utmost difficulty in producing the Hebrew part of the service. This will account for its unattractive appearance.”