Collection of books, book fragments and booklets printed in India, most ca. mid-19th century.
Books on the laws of Shechitah, tales, midrashim, Ben Sira and more.
26 books, booklets and book fragments. Size and condition vary.
For further information, see Hebrew description.

Parchment Esther scroll. [Western Germany, ca. first half of 19th century].
Neat European-Sephardic Stam script (Vellish). 19 lines per column.
Parchment height: approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark stains), creases and wear. Marginal tears. Ink fading and repairs in several places.

Illustrated Esther scroll; reproduction of a scroll with elaborately-illustrated engraved borders, presumably printed in Amsterdam in the 18th century. [Place of printing not indicated, 20th century].
Ink on parchment; printed illustrations; watercolor.
Scroll with printed illustrations, hand-colored, after a scroll with engraved illustrations printed in Amsterdam in the early 18th century. This style of illustrated scrolls was very popular in European communities, and they were printed in many variations.
The Megillah blessings are surrounded by nine narrative scenes from the Book of Esther. The text columns are separated by wreathed ornamented pillars and putti in a neo-classical style. A series of four elaborate landscapes are presented in cartouches above the text columns, and detailed narrative scenes of the Purim story unfold along the lower border; including a scene depicting Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac – representing the lots he cast to determine which month should be selected for the destruction of the Jewish people. As is prevalent in these scrolls, the names of the ten sons of Haman are accompanied by a corresponding illustration.
Height: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Printing defects.
For a similar scroll see: The Stieglitz Collection – Masterpieces of Jewish Art, by Chaya Benjamin. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.

Shnoder Book – record book for synagogue pledges. [Italy, ca. 19th century].
Italian square script. Thick, high-quality paper, with hundreds of holes on each leaf (most leaves contain some 744 holes), for marking the pledges made by the community members on Shabbat and festivals, when writing is prohibited.
A different name was presumably written at the top of each leaf, yet the leaves were trimmed, and only one leaf (p. 21a) features (most of) a name: "R. Yisrael [?] Chaim Formiggini".
Names of synagogue honors are handwritten at the beginning of each line (each leaf contains different honors, presumably according to the habits of the specific community member).
Inscriptions in Italian on the final page (with some Hebrew) – accounts for "Isaaco Modena" and "Samuel Formiggini".
[81] leaves. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and repairs. Old binding, with new spine and endpapers.