LIDA, DAVID BEN ARYEH LEIB. Sod Hashem [Kabbalistic treatise on mysteries of circumcision, with prayers.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $950

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author

(CIRCUMCISION BOOK).

printer

Solomon Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1709

Description

Second Edition. Additional 8 leaves in manuscript containing entries of 102 circumcisions performed between the years 1776-1821. On title, signature of former owner: "Judah Plesch, Baja."

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 892

summary

The Mohel who kept this record book of circumcisions, Judah Plesch, was a resident of Baja, Hungary. He practiced circumcision in his hometown and in the surrounding villages of Almas, Csavoly, Katymar, etc.

ff.32. Some leaves remargined, sstained. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. 8vo

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