Beschreibung:

Deuteronomy, Exodus and Weekday Evening prayers, in Hebrew, manuscripts on paper [eastern China (doubtless Kaifeng), seventeenth century (most probably soon after 1642)] 4 volumes, comprising: (a) Weekday Evening prayers, 24 leaves (including 3 flyleaves), 190mm. by 115mm., complete, collation i14, ii10, single column, 11 lines in oriental script in black ink with nikkud, excellent condition, nineteenth-century cloth over pasteboards, with volume number "IX" on front cover; (b) Exodus, 10:1-13:16 (the weekly reading Bo), 24 leaves (including a blank flyleaf and the paper covers), 160mm. by 160mm., complete, collation i-ii12, single column, 9 lines in oriental script in black ink, contemporary binding of faded green silk over card (frayed at edges and spine), with title on silk tag pasted to front board (most probably volume number 38); (c) Exodus, 27:20-30:10 (the weekly reading Tetzaveh), 22 leaves (including 2 flyleaves), complete, collation i12, ii10, as previous item, original card binding (without silk cover) preserved within nineteenth-century cloth binding, volume number "XLII" on front cover; (d) Deuteronomy, 16:18-21:9 (the weekly reading Shoftim), 24 double-ply leaves, 112mm. by 95mm., complete, collation i-ii12, 7 lines of oriental script in black ink with nikkud added in brown ink, contemporary binding of green silk (in fresh and outstanding condition) preserved within nineteenth-century cloth binding, volume number "LX" on front cover; all excellent condition