Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Yizkor Book – Elaborate Manuscript

Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Yizkor book, for perpetuating the names of the departed beloved of the community's donors and members, includes prayers. [London, [19th century?].
On the binding: "YIZKOR BOOK MANUSCRIPTS. LONDON".
Elaborate copy on heavy paper, which is an imitation of marked parchment, with elaborate calligraphy. The community is probably German [based on the title "Chaver" and most of the names]. On Leaf 7, there is also mention of names of Jews who were exiled from Spain: Abarbanel, and the wife and daughter of the philanthropist Yosef Elya Montefiore [the mother and sister of Sir Moses Montefiore].
15 written pages, 27 cm. Thick, high quality paper, very good condition.
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