Yizkor… [chronological record of the names of deceased individuals over two centuries in] Frankfurt.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $950

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author

(GERMANY).

Place

Frankfurt

Publication

1879

Description

Hebrew manuscript on paper written in cursive Ashkenazic hands.

summary

This manuscript contains some 3,000 names, chronologically ordered from 1629 to 1879. These names of rabbis, famous and obscure, noble women and men, physicians, communal leaders and individuals, are deeply important for historical research in the fields of Jewish onomastics and genealogy.

pp. 81 (double columns). Few edges chipped, taped. Modern morocco. 4to.

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