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Collection of Books Printed in Zhovkva – 1728-1844 – Signatures and Stamps

Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium

Collection of books printed in Zhovkva, 1728-1844:


• Chiddushei Halachot – Maharsha. Zhovkva, [1728]. Dedication on title page.


• Beit Levi, novellae by R. Levi son of R. Shlomo of Brody. Zhovkva, [1732]. Signatures.


• Chiddushei Halachot, Part I – Neta Shaashuim, by R. Dov Ber of Pinsk. Zhovkva, [1748].


• Seder HaDorot by R. Yechiel Halpern. Zhovkva, 1808. Signatures on title page, including: "Moshe David Shapiro" [apparently R. Moshe David Shapiro of Będzin].


• Tosefot Shabbat, on Shulchan Aruch, laws of Shabbat. Zhovkva, [1806].


• Halachot Gedolot. Zhovkva, 1811. Signatures on title page. Signature on endpaper: "Yoel Katz, Rabbi of Ardud" [author of Responsa Tirat Kesef and more].


• Machatzit HaShekel, on Magen Avraham, by R. Shmuel Kelin. Zhovkva, 1838. Stamp of "Chachmei Lublin yeshiva bookbindery". Ownership inscriptions on endpaper.


• Simlah Chadashah, Tevuot Shor and Bechor Shor by R. Alexander Sender Schorr. Zhovkva, 1840-1841. Stamp of R. Eliyahu Menachem Goitein, Rabbi of Hőgyész [R. Eliyahu Menachem Goitein (1838-1902), disciple of the Ketav Sofer, served as Rabbi of Hőgyész succeeding his father R. Tzvi Hirsch Goitein and his grandfather R. Baruch Bendit Goitein].


• Tiv Gittin, on Tractate Gittin, by R. Tzvi Hirsch Heller. Zhovkva, 1844. Signature; stamp (somewhat deleted): "Tzvi Yechiel Segal Hirsch, Rabbi of Erdőtelek and the region" [author of Tzvi VeChamid].


9 books. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.

Books Printed in Russia-Poland (Early 19th Century)
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