Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Magen Giborim / Beit Ya'akov – Chatam Sofer's Copy, Signatures and Inscriptions of his Son The Ktav Sofer, Signatures of Rabbi Yechiel Schlesinger of Pressburg and his Son Rabbi Akiva Yoseph
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Magen Giborim, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with Eleph HaMagen and Shiltei Giborim, Part 1 Simanim 1-58. By Rabbi Mordechai Ze'ev Itinga and Rabbi Yoseph Shaul Natanson. Lemberg, 1832. First edition. Approbation of the Chatam Sofer.
Bound with Beit Ya'akov, on Tractate Eiruvin. [Zholkva, 1830 – Title page and approbation leaf with the approbation of the Chatam Sofer are missing].
Owners' inscriptions on protecting leaf: "Belongs to Rabbi Moshe Sofer", "For the Gaon Or Yisrael", "For the famous Gaon Rabbi Moshe Sofer". Inscription [or signature?] : Moses Schreiber.
Many signatures and inscriptions [apparently, in the handwriting of the Ktav Sofer in his youth]: "Samuel Wolf Schreiber", [that is how he was called in his father's notebook of boys he had circumcised: "My son Shmuel Binyamin called Shmuel Wolf"].
Owners' inscription and signature of Rabbi Yechiel Schlesinger "gabai of the association of young men". (1810-1891), he learned in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, lived in Pressburg and served there as Rabbi and Maggid. On title page, signature and nice stamp of his son Akiva Yoseph – the famous Gaon Rabbi Akiva Yoseph Schlesinger (1838-1922), author of Lev HaIvri and many other books. His son Eliyahu Schlesinger's stamp on back protecting leaf.
[2], 138, [6] leaves; 63 leaves. 37 cm. Good condition, slight wear and stains. Beard strands hidden between book leaves. Original cover, old and worn.
Bound with Beit Ya'akov, on Tractate Eiruvin. [Zholkva, 1830 – Title page and approbation leaf with the approbation of the Chatam Sofer are missing].
Owners' inscriptions on protecting leaf: "Belongs to Rabbi Moshe Sofer", "For the Gaon Or Yisrael", "For the famous Gaon Rabbi Moshe Sofer". Inscription [or signature?] : Moses Schreiber.
Many signatures and inscriptions [apparently, in the handwriting of the Ktav Sofer in his youth]: "Samuel Wolf Schreiber", [that is how he was called in his father's notebook of boys he had circumcised: "My son Shmuel Binyamin called Shmuel Wolf"].
Owners' inscription and signature of Rabbi Yechiel Schlesinger "gabai of the association of young men". (1810-1891), he learned in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, lived in Pressburg and served there as Rabbi and Maggid. On title page, signature and nice stamp of his son Akiva Yoseph – the famous Gaon Rabbi Akiva Yoseph Schlesinger (1838-1922), author of Lev HaIvri and many other books. His son Eliyahu Schlesinger's stamp on back protecting leaf.
[2], 138, [6] leaves; 63 leaves. 37 cm. Good condition, slight wear and stains. Beard strands hidden between book leaves. Original cover, old and worn.
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