Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Manuscript – Yoreh Chata'im and Goralot – Decorated Title Pages – Aden, 1906 – With Poem in Honor of the Queen of England
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Manuscript, Yoreh Chata'im and Goralot (order of the chapters of the counsel of Achitofel). Aden (Yemen), 1906.
Neat script with calligraphic headings and title pages. Titles and some headings decorated in colored pencils.
Signatures of the writer, R. Meush (Moshe) Selim Banin, on the decorated title pages (the Banin family was a wealthy family of rabbis, leaders of the Aden community for several generations). At the beginning of the volume, signatures of the writer in English and Arabic, dated 1906.
Enclosed: A handwritten leaf, entitled "G-d save the Queen", with a poem in Hebrew and English in honor of the Queen of England: "G-d save our gracious Queen… O grant her long to see / Friendship and amity…" (Aden was at that time a British colony in Southern Yemen).
[3], 2-151 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Old binding with leather spine.
Neat script with calligraphic headings and title pages. Titles and some headings decorated in colored pencils.
Signatures of the writer, R. Meush (Moshe) Selim Banin, on the decorated title pages (the Banin family was a wealthy family of rabbis, leaders of the Aden community for several generations). At the beginning of the volume, signatures of the writer in English and Arabic, dated 1906.
Enclosed: A handwritten leaf, entitled "G-d save the Queen", with a poem in Hebrew and English in honor of the Queen of England: "G-d save our gracious Queen… O grant her long to see / Friendship and amity…" (Aden was at that time a British colony in Southern Yemen).
[3], 2-151 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Old binding with leather spine.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters