Auction 19 · Lot 107
(INDIAN JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $3,000–$4,000
- Hammer price
- $3,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Cochin
Publication
n.d.
Description
Group of three Lithographed Indian volumes.
I: Bar Yochai [kabbaistic song celebrating the legends of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai]. Hebrew with interlinear Malayalam translation. Penned by Jacob Chai ben Solomon Hallegua. pp. (8). 8vo. (Cochin), n.d.
II: (David bar Aharon ben Chusin). Ochil Yom Yom Eshtahah Tamid Eyni Tzophiah Avrah Nah Ve’arah Adamath Kodesh Teveriyah [poem about Tiberias and the ancient tombs there]. Together with other seleted prayers. Hebrew with interlinear Malayalam translation. Penned by Jacob Chai ben Solomon Hallegua. pp. (14). 8vo. [Davidson, no. Aleph 1695]. (Cochin), n.d.
III: Be’sha’ah Sh’bikesh Ha’kadosh Baruch Hu Le’ha’chriv Eth Beith Ha’mikdash... [collected midrashim on the destruction of the Temple]. Hebrew with interlinear Malayalam translation. Ownership inscription of Rachel Eliya Hallegua. With stamp of Joseph I. Hallegua on opening page. pp. (118), including blanks. 12mo. (Cochin), n.d.
references
Not in Yaari
summary
The stalwart Hallegua Family have maintained a distinguished presence in Cochin since arriving from Aleppo to this delightful town at the southern tip of India more than three centuries ago