Eicha [Lamentations]. For use by the Jews of Cochin

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,900

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author

(INDIAN JUDAICA)

Place

Cochin

Publication

Late 19th Century

Description

Cochin Square Hebrew Script on paper. With linear translation in Malayalam. Twelve to nineteen lines per page. With ex-libris of David Solomon Sassoon on front-pastedown

summary

See D.S. SASSOON, Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library (1932) vol I: pp. 31-32. Provenance: Sotheby's, A Further Ninety Seven Highly Important Hebrew Manuscripts, from the Collection Formed by the Late David Solomon Sassoon, New York, 4th December, 1984, Lot 34.

pp.39. Lightly browned with few light stains. Modern boards. Oblong 8vo

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