Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Hebrew Printing from Bombay
Opening: $600
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
1. Megilat Esther. [Bombay, 1886]. Hebrew and Marathi one page opposite another.
2. Maftirot Hashana. Bombay, 1887.
3. Hadi Ktzat Yosef HaTzadik. Bombay, 1887. Arabic in Hebrew letters.
4. Kol Koreh. Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai. Bombay, 1887. With Arabic translation.
5. Eichah Bil Arabi (according to Baghdad and Indian cities’ custom). Bombay, 1889. Megilat Eichah in Arabic in Hebrew letters, translation differs from Rabbi Se’adya Gaon’s translation. Many corrections in Oriental handwriting.
6. Shir HaShirim, with Targum Yonatan (Aramaic) and Arabic translation in Hebrew letters. Bombay, 1894.
7. [Dikduk], Sefer Dikduk L’Safa Ha’Ivrit (Hebrew Grammar Book), written in Indian dialect. [Bombay, 1920's? no note of year of printing. Rare, biographically unknown].
Varied size and condition. Some books have owners’ signatures.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
Rare. Some of the books are bibliographically unknown.
2. Maftirot Hashana. Bombay, 1887.
3. Hadi Ktzat Yosef HaTzadik. Bombay, 1887. Arabic in Hebrew letters.
4. Kol Koreh. Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai. Bombay, 1887. With Arabic translation.
5. Eichah Bil Arabi (according to Baghdad and Indian cities’ custom). Bombay, 1889. Megilat Eichah in Arabic in Hebrew letters, translation differs from Rabbi Se’adya Gaon’s translation. Many corrections in Oriental handwriting.
6. Shir HaShirim, with Targum Yonatan (Aramaic) and Arabic translation in Hebrew letters. Bombay, 1894.
7. [Dikduk], Sefer Dikduk L’Safa Ha’Ivrit (Hebrew Grammar Book), written in Indian dialect. [Bombay, 1920's? no note of year of printing. Rare, biographically unknown].
Varied size and condition. Some books have owners’ signatures.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
Rare. Some of the books are bibliographically unknown.
Books printed in the East and the Far East
Books printed in the East and the Far East