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Auction 42 · Lot 298

(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK).

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

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

Description

Baer, S. Divrei HaBrith [rite for Circumcision]. Rödelheim: J. Lehrberger, 1874. Hebrew text and German translation face `a face. pp. 80. * APPENDED: 62 pages in manuscript, entries of circumcisions performed in various German cities between the years 1914-1929. Includes names of infants in German and Hebrew, dates according to secular and religious calendars, and names of cities where the circumcisions were performed: Cleve, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, etc. Sepia ink on lined paper.
Lightly browned and waterstained throughout. Morocco. 12mo
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