(MEGILATH ESTHER).

AUCTION 73 | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 1:00

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

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Lot 301

(MEGILATH ESTHER).

Scroll of Esther accomplished in black ink on vellum. Composed in 17 columns on 4 membranes. Initial column containing a panel for the blessings chanted prior to the reading. The text set within <<elaborately engraved historiated borders>> depicting the characters and scenes that populate the Purim narrative. Height: 6.5 inches. Stained and faded in places, trimmed first membrane detached.

Dutch: 18th-century

Est: $7,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $11,500

Naphtali Henry Hart (1800-32) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Daniel and Bella (Levy) Hart. The senior Hart helped rebuild the city’s war-stricken economy by reviving the city’s Chamber of Commerce; he was also a major financial contributor to Charleston’s historic synagogue, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elo-him. Hart family members married into such Sephardic dynasties as Seixas, Lopez and Lazarus. <<Provenance:>> The late Rabbi Dr. David De Sola Pool.