Nearly 30 manuscripts from the esteemed collection of David Solomon Sassoon

David Solomon Sassoon

Exquisitely bound in gold, silver, and precious and semi-precious stones

The Book of Job

Nearly 100 manuscripts from the celebrated collection of Moses Montefiore

Moses Montefiore

Striking ornamentation and charming illustrations

Decorative Manuscripts

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Sotheby’s is pleased to announce the 18 December sale of Important Judaica. Highlights include an exceptional group of manuscripts from the celebrated Montefiore and Sassoon collections. Among these are several medieval Yemenite codices of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, a fifteenth-century prayerbook according to the Candiote rite, a translation of the Prophets and Writings into Aramaic dated 1486, numerous significant biblical and Talmudic commentaries, an illustrated Esther scroll that belonged to Flora Sassoon, and many other fine works representing the traditions and scholarship of both Eastern and Western Jewries.

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Important Judaica: Featuring Celebrated Manuscripts from the Collections of David Solomon Sassoon and the Montefiore Endowment