Auction 44 · Lot 282

Henriques, Aaron Cohen. Funeral Rites

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $2,500

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Place

Kingston, Jamaica

Publication

1868

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew with additional title-page in English. Both titles with line drawings. Text Hebrew in square characters, fully vocalized. Directions in English. Composed by Aaron Cohen Henriques

summary

A RELIGIOUS HEBREW GUIDE TO FUNERAL RITES FOR THE JEWS OF JAMAICA The title reads: "This Book was written by Aaron Cohen Henriques and presented to the Kaal Kadosh Shahar Ashamaim for the use of the Burial Ground, Kislev 1, 5629, corresponding with Sunday, 15th November, 1868." The Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue "Shaar HaShamaim" was erected in Kingston in 1744. By 1871, jshortly after this manuscript was composed, Jews represented 13% of the white population of Kingston. Henriques was one of the most prominent Jewish families on the island. See M. Arbell, The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean (2002), pp. 239-240, 243, 244, 256

ff. (16). Sepia ink on coarse paper. Foxed and wormed. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf, gilt extra, worn and starting. 8vo

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