Certificate of Purchase of Seat in Amsterdam’s Great Synagogue

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $550

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

author

(HOLLAND)

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1779

Description

Printed in Hebrew with mauscript entries. At top, emblem of Amsterdam Community. Vellum

summary

The certificate declares that seat No. 267 rightfully belongs to the executor of the estate of Hertz ben Ziskind Levi Emden. A codicil to the document states that it was brought before the notary Mr. Jacob Klinkhamel on the twenty-fifth of June 1790

Single leaf. Folio

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