Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Tefilat Yisrael prayer book, Sephardic custom. Includes poems and laws. Jerusalem, 1842. Israel Beck printing press.
Approbations of rabbis of Jerusalem. On title page: “All who are involved in the holy work are from the Jewish nation…”. In the preface, the printer, Rabbi Israel Beck, relates his hardships in Safed: “After all the hardships which I endured… plague and sword and hunger… earthquake” which erupted in Safed “I was forced to establish my dwelling here… Jerusalem”. Some of the laws and prayers are taken from the Sefat Emet prayer book edited by Rabbi Nissim Zerachia Azulai, Safed 1832. At end: Calendar (1843-1846).
Incomplete and damaged copy, 148 leaves (originally: 152 leaves). 15 cm. Varying condition, tears and damage on first leaves, moth damage and stains. Majority of leaves in good condition.
Rare. S. HaLevi, First Books of Jerusalem, no. 4.
Approbations of rabbis of Jerusalem. On title page: “All who are involved in the holy work are from the Jewish nation…”. In the preface, the printer, Rabbi Israel Beck, relates his hardships in Safed: “After all the hardships which I endured… plague and sword and hunger… earthquake” which erupted in Safed “I was forced to establish my dwelling here… Jerusalem”. Some of the laws and prayers are taken from the Sefat Emet prayer book edited by Rabbi Nissim Zerachia Azulai, Safed 1832. At end: Calendar (1843-1846).
Incomplete and damaged copy, 148 leaves (originally: 152 leaves). 15 cm. Varying condition, tears and damage on first leaves, moth damage and stains. Majority of leaves in good condition.
Rare. S. HaLevi, First Books of Jerusalem, no. 4.
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Books Printed in Jerusalem and Eretz Israel
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Ohalei Yehuda, novellae on the Rambam and guidelines on Talmudical treatises arranged in alphabetical order. By Rabbi Yehuda Bachar Shlomo HaCohen (Jerusalem dayan and member of Beit El kabalists). Jerusalem, [1843]. Israel Beck printing. Only edition.
Oriental signature: "David Avraham Chai".
[3], 145 leaves. 30 cm. High-quality paper, good-fair condition. Moth holes. Semi-leather old elaborate binding.
One of the first books printed in Jerusalem. S. HaLevi 10.
Oriental signature: "David Avraham Chai".
[3], 145 leaves. 30 cm. High-quality paper, good-fair condition. Moth holes. Semi-leather old elaborate binding.
One of the first books printed in Jerusalem. S. HaLevi 10.
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Books Printed in Jerusalem and Eretz Israel
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Zohar on the Torah, by divine Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Jerusalem, (1844-1846). Illustration of Western Wall and Jerusalem on all three title pages. Title page of section Shemot contains signed ownership notation “--- Young Tzarfati ". On last leaf, Oriental handwritten notation of “atonement for sin of desecration of name of G-d and wasted semen”. Title page of section Vayikra contains inscription notations in Oriental handwriting.
3 volumes, approx. 20 cm. Quality fine paper, good condition, restored damage on several leaves. Elegant half-leather bindings.
S. HaLevi, no. 22, 27, 35.
3 volumes, approx. 20 cm. Quality fine paper, good condition, restored damage on several leaves. Elegant half-leather bindings.
S. HaLevi, no. 22, 27, 35.
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Books Printed in Jerusalem and Eretz Israel
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Pirkei Avot with commentary of Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura, Maharam Alshich, Chasdei Avot by the Chida. Safed, 1864. Printing press of Dov Ber Kara. Title page contains illustration of the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron and “his sons Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yochanan”. At end of book, list of “people who contributed financially to printing of book”.
Among printings of Safed during the 19th century. In 1863 the printing press in Safed was reopened after being out of operation for approx. twenty six years. It continued to operate until 1866; only nine books were printed in the printing press. 43 leaves, 20.5 cm. Fair condition, moth damage and wear. Original worn binding.
Among printings of Safed during the 19th century. In 1863 the printing press in Safed was reopened after being out of operation for approx. twenty six years. It continued to operate until 1866; only nine books were printed in the printing press. 43 leaves, 20.5 cm. Fair condition, moth damage and wear. Original worn binding.
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Books Printed in Jerusalem and Eretz Israel
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