![Handwritten manuscript, mohel ledger. [The Netherlands], 1760-1783.
Illustrated title page on first page, with illustrat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/263_1.jpg "Manuscript, Mohel Ledger – The Netherlands, 1760-1783")
![Handwritten manuscript, mohel ledger. [The Netherlands], 1760-1783.
Illustrated title page on first page, with illustrat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/263_2.jpg "Manuscript, Mohel Ledger – The Netherlands, 1760-1783")
Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Manuscript, Mohel Ledger – The Netherlands, 1760-1783
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Handwritten manuscript, mohel ledger. [The Netherlands], 1760-1783.
Illustrated title page on first page, with illustration of circumcision utensils at bottom, with a record of his first circumcision in the center, dated Wednesday, 9th Nisan 1760.
The next leaves are organized as a numbered chart, recording approx. 150 circumcisions that the mohel performed (several faded or erased over time). The ledger documents Ashkenazic families of the Netherlands (Limburger, Haarlemmer, Bokkie and others). One place (no. 119) mentions the location of circumcision: Harlingen.
[1], 10 pages. Approx. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. New cardboard binding.
Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Dutch Jewry – Communal Regulations and Mohel Ledgers – Manuscripts and Printed Items
Dutch Jewry – Communal Regulations and Mohel Ledgers – Manuscripts and Printed Items