Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Books of Prayers and Piyutim, Ethics and Tales from Calcutta Printing

Opening: $750
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
1. Sefer HaYashar. Calcutta, [1843]. Moth damage on some leaves.
2. Josephus by Yosef Ben Gurion HaCohen. Calcutta, [1841-1842]. Owners' signatures "David Tzalach". Moth damage.
4. Sefer HaPizmonim, by Rabbi Elazar Araki. Calcutta, 1842. Piyutim and poems. Including piyutim by Rabbi Yisrael Nagara and Rabbi Shalom Shabazi.
5. Sefer HaPizmonim, by Rabbi Elazar Araki. Calcutta, [1856].
6. Tefilat Beit Almin, according to version used in Hebron. [Calcutta, 1851]. Printed without title page. Prayer for cemetery with additions for days preceding Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. (Owners' signatures and list of dead).
7. Chanukat HaBayit L'David, about Chanukah, by Rabbi Shlomo Tawina. Calcutta, [1885]. On back of title page author's dedication printed and handwritten.
8. Pirsumei Nissa, blessings and laws for Chanukah, with Arabic translation in Hebrew letters, by Rabbi Shlomo Tawina. Calcutta, [1887]. Includes 4 leaves at the end with Sipur Ness Chanukah (the story of the miracle of Chanukah) in Arabic with Hebrew letters (not found in all copies).
9. Midrash Eliyahu, homiletic on the death of Rabbi Eliyahu David Yosef Ezra, by Rabbi Shlomo Tawina. Calcutta, 1888.
10. Megillat Ruth with Arabic translation customary in Baghdad and cities in India, with commentary Choter Yishai by Rabbi Shlomo Tawina. Calcutta, [1889].
11. Igeret Purim, the story of the miracle of Purim in Arabic translation with Hebrew letters, by Rabbi Shlomo Tawina. Calcutta, [1889].
Varied size and condition.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
Books printed in the East and the Far East
Books printed in the East and the Far East