Kestenbaum & Company
(RUSSIA)

Auction 73 · Lot 218

(RUSSIA)

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

n.p

Publication

(1958 and 1960)

Description

Luach [religious calendar for the Hebrew Year 1958-59]. Photographic copy of neat handwritten text composed in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian. Includes Kaddish, Yizkor and Kel Malei Rachamim (Prayers for the Dead). Title surrounded by artistic rendering of birds and foliage and New Year’s blessings. * With: Calendar for the Hebrew Year 1960-61. Photographic copy of neat handwritten text composed in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian.

summary

Two Soviet-Jewish calendars clearly composed ‘underground,’ thus in a very primitive format and by necessity, with a very limited distribution.
Upper edge of title torn not affecting text. ff. 16. 12mo.
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