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Auction 5 · Lot 299

(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK)

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

Place

Czechoslovakia

Publication

1821-1855

Description

Lida, David. Sod Hashem [compendium for a Mohel]. Vienna, 1814. 15 manuscript pages at end recording the performance of 199 circumcisions in numerous locations (most quite unknown) throughout the lands of Czechoslovakia. Black and brown ink on paper, Aschkenazi cursive Hebrew script. Initial manuscript page with roundel flanked by single lion
Contemporary boards, worn. 8vo
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