Lida, David. Sepher Sod Hashem [Mohel’s compendium]

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

London

1785-1807

With 142 Autograph inscriptions in Aschkenazic cursive script, recording the performance of circumcisions. In Hebrew with some English

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1585

One of the earliest extant English Milah books. This valuable ledger contains the names of prominent Ashkenazi families in London at the turn of the 19th-century. Nomenclature at the time was usually based upon the father's name. Therefore, Tzvi Hirsch b. Jacob became Hart Jacob; Raphael b. Tzvi Hirsch became Raphael Harris and Joseph b. Isaac became Joseph Isaacs. Provenance: Sotheby's Important Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art, New York, 26th June, 1985. Lot 20