Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Shev Shema'tata by R. Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller, author of Ketzot Hachoshen and Avnei Miluim. Lviv: Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1804]. First edition.
Owner's signature on the title page by R. "Naftali Hirsch Bleichroth", disciple of R. Akiva Eiger, and rabbi of Wielun. Page 40a contains the signature "Shmuel".
This book was one of the author's last books to be published, but it was in actuality the first to be composed by him while he was yet an adolescent. At the end of the introduction, the author writes: "I authored this book while still a child…". R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz claimed that the book was written before the bar mitzvah (age 13) of the author!
This book was popularized immediately upon publication, and has been printed in close to one hundred editions. Dozens of commentaries have been published, and studied in yeshivot to this day.
[1], 9, 92 leaves. 21 cm. Coarse (soft and thick) paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Page 1 has repaired defect with damage to text. Slightly wide margins, but several pages have the margins cut on the border of the text. New leather binding.
Contains the introduction of R. Zanvel Leib (R. Shmuel Aryeh Tzehlon), which was omitted from most subsequent editions.
Owner's signature on the title page by R. "Naftali Hirsch Bleichroth", disciple of R. Akiva Eiger, and rabbi of Wielun. Page 40a contains the signature "Shmuel".
This book was one of the author's last books to be published, but it was in actuality the first to be composed by him while he was yet an adolescent. At the end of the introduction, the author writes: "I authored this book while still a child…". R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz claimed that the book was written before the bar mitzvah (age 13) of the author!
This book was popularized immediately upon publication, and has been printed in close to one hundred editions. Dozens of commentaries have been published, and studied in yeshivot to this day.
[1], 9, 92 leaves. 21 cm. Coarse (soft and thick) paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Page 1 has repaired defect with damage to text. Slightly wide margins, but several pages have the margins cut on the border of the text. New leather binding.
Contains the introduction of R. Zanvel Leib (R. Shmuel Aryeh Tzehlon), which was omitted from most subsequent editions.
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Basic Books - Responsa and Halacha
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Three books, first editions of Sefer Tzela"ch [Tziyun Lenefesh Chaya], commentary on the Talmud, by R. Yechezkel Landau, rabbi of Prague, author of the "Noda B'Yehuda".
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Pesachim. Prague, 1784. First edition, first volume. Published during the lifetime of the author.
[2], 123, [1] leaves. 34.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears to the first pages. Old non-original binding. Many signatures on the title page: "Yitzchak Isaac ben R. Daniel Katz…"; "The small Yosef Guggenheim", "Naftali Goldshmidt".
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Berachot. Prague, 1791. First edition, second volume. Printed during the lifetime of the author.
[3], 82 leaves. 34.5 cm. Good condition. Original binding; worn. Signature on the title page: "G-d protects all who sign here [a play on the Hebrew "G-d protects all those who believe in Him"]… Isaac Mayence".
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Beitza. Prague, 1799. First edition, third volume. Printed after the author's death.
[2] 65 leaves. 34.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worming. New binding. Many notations on the endpaper. Censor's signature on the title page.
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Pesachim. Prague, 1784. First edition, first volume. Published during the lifetime of the author.
[2], 123, [1] leaves. 34.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears to the first pages. Old non-original binding. Many signatures on the title page: "Yitzchak Isaac ben R. Daniel Katz…"; "The small Yosef Guggenheim", "Naftali Goldshmidt".
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Berachot. Prague, 1791. First edition, second volume. Printed during the lifetime of the author.
[3], 82 leaves. 34.5 cm. Good condition. Original binding; worn. Signature on the title page: "G-d protects all who sign here [a play on the Hebrew "G-d protects all those who believe in Him"]… Isaac Mayence".
* Tzela"ch on Tractate Beitza. Prague, 1799. First edition, third volume. Printed after the author's death.
[2] 65 leaves. 34.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worming. New binding. Many notations on the endpaper. Censor's signature on the title page.
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Basic Books - Responsa and Halacha
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Teshuvot R. Akiva Eiger, Sefer HaPsakim [book of halachic rulings; responses to Halachic questions] and the first part of Sefer HaKetavim [responses with explanations of Talmudic treatises]. Warsaw, 1834. Two title pages.
First edition printed during the author's lifetime, following his request to his sons to print it "on beautiful paper in black ink and fine lettering, because, in my opinion, the soul reacts and the mind and concentration are awakened when studying from a fine high-quality book" (from the introduction). This book was indeed printed on thick, high-quality paper, manufactured especially for this printing (the watermarks of the paper bear the name of the manufacturer and the name of the person who ordered the print: "Eiger").
[2], 222 leaves. 33 cm. Thick, high-quality greenish paper. Good condition. First title page detached. Small open tear at the top of the second title page. Foxing on several pages. Slight worming to last pages. Fine antique leather binding.
First edition printed during the author's lifetime, following his request to his sons to print it "on beautiful paper in black ink and fine lettering, because, in my opinion, the soul reacts and the mind and concentration are awakened when studying from a fine high-quality book" (from the introduction). This book was indeed printed on thick, high-quality paper, manufactured especially for this printing (the watermarks of the paper bear the name of the manufacturer and the name of the person who ordered the print: "Eiger").
[2], 222 leaves. 33 cm. Thick, high-quality greenish paper. Good condition. First title page detached. Small open tear at the top of the second title page. Foxing on several pages. Slight worming to last pages. Fine antique leather binding.
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Basic Books - Responsa and Halacha
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Unsold
Four books, 1755-1805 - first editions:
* Sefer Korban Netanel, wide ranging commentary on the decisions of the Rosh to Tractates Moed and Nashim, by R. Netanel Weill. Karlsruhe, [1755]. First edition. The title page contains the signature of R. "Mordechai ben Feis Adler Katz" [evidently a relative of R. Nathan Adler of Frankfurt].
* Sefer Beit Meir and Sefer Tzal'ot Habayit, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even Ha'azer, by R. Meir Pozner. Fankfurt-an-der-Oder, [1787]. First edition. Owner's signature: "The small Shimon [Weiner?]".
* Sefer Sama DeChayei, eighteen homilies by R. Elazar ben Aryeh Low. Warsaw, 1796. First edition. The final page contains an ownership inscription signed by "Yehoshua Heschel… Segal of Krakow", who writes that the volume "belongs to… the famous rabbi… R. Tzvi Hirsch… Segal, rabbi of Shebreshin (Szczebrzeszyn)".
* Sefer Shaagat Aryeh, commentary on Tractate Makkot, by R. Aryeh Leib Bendet. Bialystok, [1805]. First edition.
4 volumes. Size and condition vary. Good condition to fair-poor condition.
* Sefer Korban Netanel, wide ranging commentary on the decisions of the Rosh to Tractates Moed and Nashim, by R. Netanel Weill. Karlsruhe, [1755]. First edition. The title page contains the signature of R. "Mordechai ben Feis Adler Katz" [evidently a relative of R. Nathan Adler of Frankfurt].
* Sefer Beit Meir and Sefer Tzal'ot Habayit, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even Ha'azer, by R. Meir Pozner. Fankfurt-an-der-Oder, [1787]. First edition. Owner's signature: "The small Shimon [Weiner?]".
* Sefer Sama DeChayei, eighteen homilies by R. Elazar ben Aryeh Low. Warsaw, 1796. First edition. The final page contains an ownership inscription signed by "Yehoshua Heschel… Segal of Krakow", who writes that the volume "belongs to… the famous rabbi… R. Tzvi Hirsch… Segal, rabbi of Shebreshin (Szczebrzeszyn)".
* Sefer Shaagat Aryeh, commentary on Tractate Makkot, by R. Aryeh Leib Bendet. Bialystok, [1805]. First edition.
4 volumes. Size and condition vary. Good condition to fair-poor condition.
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Basic Books - Responsa and Halacha
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Shulchan Aruch, with Be'er HaGola. Complete set, Orach Chaim, Yoreh De'ah, Even Ha'Ezer and Choshen Mishpat. Amsterdam 1697-1699. Printed by Emanuel Athias.
Two title pages per volume. The first title page has copper-engraved illustrations, with angelic figures. The second title page of Even HaEzer is dated "נח"ת"i [1698, like the date that appears on the title page of the Shelah (Shnei Luchot HaBrit) printed that year in Amsterdam in the same printing press].
4 volumes. Vol. 1: [24], 266, [1] leaves. Lacking last leaf. Vol. 2: [1], 302, [1] leaves. Vol. 3: [1], 178, 178-180, [1] leaves. Vol. 4: [1], 432, [1] leaves. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Few tears. Handwritten Signatures in all volumes: "Akiva Porush". Partially reconstructed old leather bindings. Damages and worming to bindings.
Two title pages per volume. The first title page has copper-engraved illustrations, with angelic figures. The second title page of Even HaEzer is dated "נח"ת"i [1698, like the date that appears on the title page of the Shelah (Shnei Luchot HaBrit) printed that year in Amsterdam in the same printing press].
4 volumes. Vol. 1: [24], 266, [1] leaves. Lacking last leaf. Vol. 2: [1], 302, [1] leaves. Vol. 3: [1], 178, 178-180, [1] leaves. Vol. 4: [1], 432, [1] leaves. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Few tears. Handwritten Signatures in all volumes: "Akiva Porush". Partially reconstructed old leather bindings. Damages and worming to bindings.
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Basic Books - Responsa and Halacha
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