Megillath Esther [The Book of Esther]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(BIBLE)

printer

Romm

Place

Vilna

Publication

1861

Description

32-pages of the entire text, here on an original single sheet. Single full illustration of Haman (wearing Napoleon-style head-gear) leading Mordechai on a horse, with the Midrashic insight of Haman’s daughter unwittingly pouring refuse upon her father from her upper-floor window.

references

Unknown to Vinograd

summary

Original uncut sheet for what would have been a pocket-size Esther for Purim. Includes relevant blessing and customs. Unrecorded in all bibliographies

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