Lot 505
Inauguration of Kadoorie "Mekor H'aim" Synagogue in Porto – Portugal
Dedicaçao Solene da Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor H’aįm no Pôrto, 15-Shebat - 5698, 16-Janeiro - 1938 / Programa-recordaçao do serviço litúrgico [festive inauguration of the synagogue Mekor H'aim in Porto / prayer program]. Porto, [1938]. Portuguese.
Booklet printed for the inauguration of the synagogue, with photos. The corner-stone ceremony was held in 1929 and the synagogue was inaugurated on January 16 1938. Money for buying the land was donated by Baron Edmund de Rothschild and the main donation for constructing the building was by the Jewish-British Baron of Hong Kong, Laurence Kadoorie. 20 pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Detached cover. Ex-library copy.
