Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Book of Songs for Festivals and Shabbat - Rite of the Cochin Community - Bombay, 1853
Opening: $300
Unsold
Songs for the Three Festivals, special Shabbatot and Chanukah, according to the rite of the Cochin community. Bombay: Ovadia Zakai, [1853]. Lithographed manuscript.
One of the first books printed in Bombay by Jews from Cochin, for the Bene Yisrael community. See previous item.
Ownership inscription of Aaron David Sankar (in English) on the front endpaper.
[1], 66, [1] leaves. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Minor open tears to title page, affecting text. Another tear, affecting text. Old binding, with damage.
One of the first books printed in Bombay by Jews from Cochin, for the Bene Yisrael community. See previous item.
Ownership inscription of Aaron David Sankar (in English) on the front endpaper.
[1], 66, [1] leaves. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Minor open tears to title page, affecting text. Another tear, affecting text. Old binding, with damage.
Far Eastern Jewry
Far Eastern Jewry