Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript - Serach of Mishlei and Kohelet in Judeo-Arabic - Rangoon, Burma, 1908

Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, serach of Mishlei and Kohelet, Judeo-Arabic. Rangoon, Burma (today: Yangon, Myanmar), 1908.
Square, vowelized script.
Manuscript includes Ketzet Chana at the end [story of Chana in Judeo-Arabic].
Colophon on leaf 31, after the serach of Mishlei: "Completed…Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 1908 Rangoon".
[48] leaves. 21 cm. Condition varies. Approximately 15 leaves of Serach Mishlei are torn (from ink erosion), heavily affecting the text. Serach Kohelet and Ketzet Chana are complete and in good condition (with the exception of a small tear to the margins of one leaf). New binding.
Far Eastern Jewry - Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Far Eastern Jewry - Books, Manuscripts and Letters