(Mohel Bichel)

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,700

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

author

(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK)

Place

(Glogau-Pest)

Publication

1792-1834

Description

42 manuscript pages recording the performance of 862 circumcisions in numerous locations throughout Hungary and Czechoslovakia including: Pest, Pupa, Prostitz and Pressburg

summary

The circumcisions were performed by Yoseph Ha-Levi (Muhlberg), the son of R. Moshe Segal, Rosh Beth Din of Glogau

Aschkenazi cursive Hebrew script. Upper left corners frayed affecing few words. Contemporary boards, rubbed. 8vo

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