Takanoth de’K.K. Knesseth Yisrael BeVestminster - Laws of the Western Congregation, St. Alban’s Place.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 24
(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Takanoth de’K.K. Knesseth Yisrael BeVestminster - Laws of the Western Congregation, St. Alban’s Place.

pp. 10, 112. Stained. Original roan-backed boards with printed paper label on upper cover, worn. 8vo.

London: Davies 1833

Est: $500 - $700
The Western Synagogue, one of the first Aschkenazi synagogues in England, was founded in 1761. Whilst adhering to strict Orthodox principles, it was the first London synagogue to preach sermons in English. For some fifty years it occupied the former Sans Souci Theatre (“Charles Dibdin’s” Theatre) in Denmark Court, The Strand, before moving in 1814 to St. Alban’s Place. Today it has amalgamated and is known as the The Western Marble Arch Synagogue and is located on Great Cumberland Place.