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Auction 48 · Lot 306
(CIRCUMCISION BOOK).
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $850
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Bohemia
Publication
1859-87
Description
Hebrew Manuscript in Aschkenazic cursive script and German. Recording c. 100 circumcisions
summary
The mohel who kept this record book circulated in the Bohemian towns of: Budweis, Herrmansdorf, Tereschau, Steinkirchen, Frauenberg, Krumau, Paschnowitz, Wittingau, etc07
ff. (24) + inscriptions on front endpaper. Brown sepia ink on paper. Foxed and stained. Accompanied by typed transcript in German of first 33 entries (ff.1-11). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, with attached wallet-pocket. 8vo
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