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Auction 42 · Lot 297
Lida, David. Sepher Sod Hashem [Mohel’s compendium]. [Vinograd, Vienna 793]. Vienna, 1837
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK).
Place
Vienna
Description
ff. 30 (printed). Final leaves: Four pages in manuscript on paper tipped in at end recording, in an Ashkenazic hand, the performance of 29 circumcisions dated from 1838-44
summary
Most of these circumcisions were performed in the town of Kitsee, Austria, mostly involving members of the Mohel's wider family. Of interest, notation number 7 states that the baby’s father was a soldier ("Ish Milchamah")
Ex-library. Contemporary boards with elaborate gilt-tooling, covers loose. 8vo
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