Shlomo Zalman London. Zocher Habrith [Mohel’s compendium]. With translation into Judeo-German.

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

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author

(CIRCUMCISION).

Place

(Amsterdam)

Publication

(1714)

Description

With: Ten manuscript pages tipped in at end recording the performance of 49 circumcisions. Black ink on paper, Aschkenazi cursive Hebrew scripts.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1014.

summary

The manuscript lists circumcisions performed between 1737-57 in Germany, including the town of Rheinberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) and several other smaller locales, presently difficult to identify.

ff. 16 (printed). Lightly stained. Contemporary vellum. 12mo.

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