Complete Printed Scroll of Esther. Opening panel with initial blessings. Final panel with concluding blessing and song.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

MEGILATH ESTHER.

printer

Willhelm Haas

Place

Basle

Publication

1806

Description

Ten printed sheets tipped together to form one scroll. Complete in 19 columns, each within decorative typographical border. Two woodcut illustrations depicting events from the Book of Esther on first column. Housed in original fitted tube.

references

Vinograd, Basle 276; Prijs 301.

Few small stains, final column with couple of minor tears

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