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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,750
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Customs of the Beit El yeshiva for kabbalists, handwritten by R. Yechezkel Ezra Rachamim – HaRav HaYaar. [Jerusalem? ca. 1900s].
Presumably transcribed from the book Divrei Shalom published by R. Avraham Gagin. With addresses of rabbis and booksellers from around the world.
R. Yechezkel Ezra Rachamim – HaRav HaYaar (1876-1908), prominent Iraqi and Jerusalemite Torah scholar. A close disciple of the Ben Ish Chai in Baghdad. He founded the Rechovot HaNahar yeshiva for kabbalists in Jerusalem.
[11] leaves (19 written pages). 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some wear and stains. Some detached leaves. Without binding.
Presumably transcribed from the book Divrei Shalom published by R. Avraham Gagin. With addresses of rabbis and booksellers from around the world.
R. Yechezkel Ezra Rachamim – HaRav HaYaar (1876-1908), prominent Iraqi and Jerusalemite Torah scholar. A close disciple of the Ben Ish Chai in Baghdad. He founded the Rechovot HaNahar yeshiva for kabbalists in Jerusalem.
[11] leaves (19 written pages). 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some wear and stains. Some detached leaves. Without binding.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Large collection of dozens of letters, letter drafts, printed booklets and printers' sheets – extensive correspondence between R. Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer of Jerusalem (researcher who publicized the Cairo Genizah and Yemenite manuscripts, and author of dozens of books) and members of the Sassoon and Ezra families in London. Includes illustrated Shana Tova letters in color lithographic print. Jerusalem, 1924-1935.
The letters include interesting correspondence, discussions and studies regarding early manuscripts, sponsoring of book publications, and more. The collection includes over 24 letters handwritten and signed by R. "Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer". Most of the letters are addressed to Mrs. Farha (Flora) Sassoon and her son R. David Sassoon (most letters are in Rashi script, two are in English).
• 9 letters and letter drafts from Mrs. Flora Sassoon and her son David Sassson, addressed to R. Wertheimer (some are signed). • Typewritten letter with a transcript of a Beit Din ruling from the Chassidic Beit Din in Jerusalem, and transcript of a letter from R. Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer, describing the development of the institutions of the various communities in Jerusalem. • Printers' sheets sent by R. Wertheimer during the printing process. • Printed booklets by R. Wertheimer. • Paper items related to R. Wertheimer – broadside announcing eulogies upon his passing, booklet in his memory, printed portraits and more.
Approx. 60 items, including some 30 letters. Size and condition vary. Includes 3 color lithographs (pieces cut out of two of them).
Provenance: Sassoon Family Collection.
The letters include interesting correspondence, discussions and studies regarding early manuscripts, sponsoring of book publications, and more. The collection includes over 24 letters handwritten and signed by R. "Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer". Most of the letters are addressed to Mrs. Farha (Flora) Sassoon and her son R. David Sassoon (most letters are in Rashi script, two are in English).
• 9 letters and letter drafts from Mrs. Flora Sassoon and her son David Sassson, addressed to R. Wertheimer (some are signed). • Typewritten letter with a transcript of a Beit Din ruling from the Chassidic Beit Din in Jerusalem, and transcript of a letter from R. Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer, describing the development of the institutions of the various communities in Jerusalem. • Printers' sheets sent by R. Wertheimer during the printing process. • Printed booklets by R. Wertheimer. • Paper items related to R. Wertheimer – broadside announcing eulogies upon his passing, booklet in his memory, printed portraits and more.
Approx. 60 items, including some 30 letters. Size and condition vary. Includes 3 color lithographs (pieces cut out of two of them).
Provenance: Sassoon Family Collection.
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Eretz Israel and Jerusalem – Letters and Documents
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Letter handwritten, stamped and signed by R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, from the early years of his tenure as rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1922.
Letter of blessings and support for the establishment of Orthodox agricultural colonies in the Jerusalem area, in compliance of all the laws pertaining to the land. Written by a scribe, with two lines handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Chaim: "With wholehearted blessings for those who endeavor on behalf of the settlement of Eretz Israel and the fulfilment of its commandments, Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld".
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Marginal wear and open tears (not affecting text). Folding marks.
Letter of blessings and support for the establishment of Orthodox agricultural colonies in the Jerusalem area, in compliance of all the laws pertaining to the land. Written by a scribe, with two lines handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Chaim: "With wholehearted blessings for those who endeavor on behalf of the settlement of Eretz Israel and the fulfilment of its commandments, Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld".
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Marginal wear and open tears (not affecting text). Folding marks.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Blau leader of Agudath Israel in Jerusalem. Bad Reichenhall, 23rd Av [1923].
Written during R. Moshe Blau's trip at the head of the Jerusalem delegation to the first Knessiah Gedolah of Agudath Israel, which took place in Vienna. In this letter, presumably addressed to Central Agudath Israel in Jerusalem, R. Moshe informs them that R. Ben Tzion Yadler travelled to Carlsbad to attend the 13th Zionist Congress, at the initiative of R. Rubin (head of the Jerusalem Beit Din), and promises to explain their motives in a future letter.
R. Ben Tzion Yadler describes this trip in his memoirs, relating that he was sent to the Zionist Congress to try to alert the innocent delegates and participants of the destruction wrought by Zionists to Torah observance in Eretz Israel.
[1] leaf. 14X9.5 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains (dampstains), tears and wear, affecting text. Filing holes.
Written during R. Moshe Blau's trip at the head of the Jerusalem delegation to the first Knessiah Gedolah of Agudath Israel, which took place in Vienna. In this letter, presumably addressed to Central Agudath Israel in Jerusalem, R. Moshe informs them that R. Ben Tzion Yadler travelled to Carlsbad to attend the 13th Zionist Congress, at the initiative of R. Rubin (head of the Jerusalem Beit Din), and promises to explain their motives in a future letter.
R. Ben Tzion Yadler describes this trip in his memoirs, relating that he was sent to the Zionist Congress to try to alert the innocent delegates and participants of the destruction wrought by Zionists to Torah observance in Eretz Israel.
[1] leaf. 14X9.5 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains (dampstains), tears and wear, affecting text. Filing holes.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
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Leaf from the ledger of one of the charity funds in Jerusalem, with handwritten confirmation of the receipt of funds, signed by elder Tzaddikim and Chassidim in Jerusalem, including: R. Zelig'l of Kelm (brother-in-law of the Alter of Novardok), the kabbalist R. Meir Schwartz Rabbi of Podhaitz, R. Yehuda Moshe Thieberg (later Rebbe of Alexander) and others. Jerusalem, 1937.
With list of recipients and the sum they each received.
R. Meir Schwartz (1859-1953), disciple of R. Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov and the Imrei Yosef of Spinka. Rabbi of Podhaitz (Pidhaitsi, Galicia) until his immigration to Jerusalem in 1927. A prominent kabbalist and wonder-worker. His manuscript works were lost after the fall of the Old city in the War of Independence.
Rebbe Yehuda Moshe Thieberg-Danziger of Alexander (1893-1973), author of Emunat Moshe. Immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust. After WWII, he was appointed by the remaining Chassidim as rebbe of Alexander.
R. Yehoshua Zelig HaLevi Tarshish – "R. Zelig'l Kelemer" (1862-1939), renowned Tzaddik and wonder-worker in Lithuania. Rabbi of Kurtuvenai, and later lecturer in the yeshiva of his brother-in-law R. Yozel Horowitz Alter of Novardok in Berditchev. He later left this position and devoted his life to prayer and Torah study. Settled in Jerusalem in his final years, and published the Ein Tarshish series on the Talmud.
[1] leaf. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears.
With list of recipients and the sum they each received.
R. Meir Schwartz (1859-1953), disciple of R. Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov and the Imrei Yosef of Spinka. Rabbi of Podhaitz (Pidhaitsi, Galicia) until his immigration to Jerusalem in 1927. A prominent kabbalist and wonder-worker. His manuscript works were lost after the fall of the Old city in the War of Independence.
Rebbe Yehuda Moshe Thieberg-Danziger of Alexander (1893-1973), author of Emunat Moshe. Immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust. After WWII, he was appointed by the remaining Chassidim as rebbe of Alexander.
R. Yehoshua Zelig HaLevi Tarshish – "R. Zelig'l Kelemer" (1862-1939), renowned Tzaddik and wonder-worker in Lithuania. Rabbi of Kurtuvenai, and later lecturer in the yeshiva of his brother-in-law R. Yozel Horowitz Alter of Novardok in Berditchev. He later left this position and devoted his life to prayer and Torah study. Settled in Jerusalem in his final years, and published the Ein Tarshish series on the Talmud.
[1] leaf. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Pinkas of the Otzar HaChessed – Keren Shmuel society, with a letter signed by the gabbaim and rabbis. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1935.
Pinkas in calligraphic script, with color title page, written for the society's emissary. The society's objectives are listed on the second leaf. The following pages contain an authorization for R. Yehuda Strizover to raise funds on behalf of the society, signed by three gabbaim of the society: "Tuviah Solomon, Zalman HaLevi Soloveitchik, Dov Wishnatsky"; letter of confirmation from the chief rabbinate, signed by R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and the secretary R. Shmuel Aharon Weber. The rest of the pinkas is blank (apart from one page with a list of names).
The Otzar HaChessed society was founded in 1906 with the objectives of providing interest free loans to the needy and for the building of houses and neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Kiryat Shmuel was one of the Jerusalem neighborhoods built by the society.
The emissary is most probably R. Yehuda Leibush Strizover (d. 1952), a Sanz chassid.
[7] written pages, + many more blank leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Old binding, worn.
Pinkas in calligraphic script, with color title page, written for the society's emissary. The society's objectives are listed on the second leaf. The following pages contain an authorization for R. Yehuda Strizover to raise funds on behalf of the society, signed by three gabbaim of the society: "Tuviah Solomon, Zalman HaLevi Soloveitchik, Dov Wishnatsky"; letter of confirmation from the chief rabbinate, signed by R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and the secretary R. Shmuel Aharon Weber. The rest of the pinkas is blank (apart from one page with a list of names).
The Otzar HaChessed society was founded in 1906 with the objectives of providing interest free loans to the needy and for the building of houses and neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Kiryat Shmuel was one of the Jerusalem neighborhoods built by the society.
The emissary is most probably R. Yehuda Leibush Strizover (d. 1952), a Sanz chassid.
[7] written pages, + many more blank leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Old binding, worn.
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Eretz Israel and Jerusalem – Letters and Documents
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $3,250
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Manuscript, Yemenite rite Tiklal siddur with commentaries, prayers for every day, Jewish festivals, holidays and fast days. [Yemen, ca. 1653].
This Tiklal siddur is written in a neat, early Yemenite script, characteristic of the 17th century, with predominantly supralinear vocalization. In "windows" within the text, the scribe wrote (relatively short) commentaries, most by Rabbi Yitzchak (Mahari) Wanneh. Each commentary is titled with the letter "Peh" (perush = commentary). The Passover Haggadah contains a full-length commentary attributed to R. Yitzchak Wanneh, written as a surrounding border to the Haggadah text. The siddur also contains many glosses – some long – in other Yemenite hands, containing additional commentary.
At the beginning of the siddur are [7] leaves with additions and supplements, in a later, simple script (characteristic of the 19th/20th centuries).
The manuscript contains: prayers for every day, prayers for Shabbat, Pirkei Avot, songs for Shabbat and Motzei Shabbat, prayers for Rosh Chodesh, prayers for Passover, Passover Haggadah, prayers for Shavuot, Azharot of R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, prayers for fast days, Megillat Eichah and Kinot, prayers for the High Holidays, prayers for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshaanot, a prayer for rain, Hakafot and Piyyutim for Simchat Torah, prayers for Chanukah and Purim, Purim songs, Megillat Esther (with Tafsir), eulogies, Selichot, "Maranot", Seder HaAvodah for Yom Kippur (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra), blessings, leap years and calendars of the Tekufot, texts for Ketubot, Gittin and contracts.
[166] leaves, approx. 29.5 cm. Lacking leaves at the beginning and end. Condition varies, good-fair to fair-poor. Many stains. Wear and tears. Minor worming. New binding.
The Tekufot calendars begin from the year 1653; this was the basis for our assessment of the date of this work's authorship.
This Tiklal siddur is written in a neat, early Yemenite script, characteristic of the 17th century, with predominantly supralinear vocalization. In "windows" within the text, the scribe wrote (relatively short) commentaries, most by Rabbi Yitzchak (Mahari) Wanneh. Each commentary is titled with the letter "Peh" (perush = commentary). The Passover Haggadah contains a full-length commentary attributed to R. Yitzchak Wanneh, written as a surrounding border to the Haggadah text. The siddur also contains many glosses – some long – in other Yemenite hands, containing additional commentary.
At the beginning of the siddur are [7] leaves with additions and supplements, in a later, simple script (characteristic of the 19th/20th centuries).
The manuscript contains: prayers for every day, prayers for Shabbat, Pirkei Avot, songs for Shabbat and Motzei Shabbat, prayers for Rosh Chodesh, prayers for Passover, Passover Haggadah, prayers for Shavuot, Azharot of R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, prayers for fast days, Megillat Eichah and Kinot, prayers for the High Holidays, prayers for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshaanot, a prayer for rain, Hakafot and Piyyutim for Simchat Torah, prayers for Chanukah and Purim, Purim songs, Megillat Esther (with Tafsir), eulogies, Selichot, "Maranot", Seder HaAvodah for Yom Kippur (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra), blessings, leap years and calendars of the Tekufot, texts for Ketubot, Gittin and contracts.
[166] leaves, approx. 29.5 cm. Lacking leaves at the beginning and end. Condition varies, good-fair to fair-poor. Many stains. Wear and tears. Minor worming. New binding.
The Tekufot calendars begin from the year 1653; this was the basis for our assessment of the date of this work's authorship.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $3,750
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Manuscript, Tiklal siddur for the festivals. [Yemen, ca. 17th century].
Neat script. With supralinear vocalization (to part of the manuscript). The manuscript is lacking the beginning. Also lacking several leaves in the middle (completed by different writers in various periods).
The manuscript begins at the end of Tractate Avot. It contains the order for Motzaei Shabbat; prayers for Rosh Chodesh and Passover, with Passover Haggadah; prayers for Shavuot; prayers and lamentations for fast days and Tisha B'Av; prayers for the High Holidays and Sukkot; Chanukah; Purim; Selichot; Birkat HaMazon and other blessings; blessings for the wedding ceremony. Writer's colophon at end of manuscript: "Completed, praise to G-d – Blessed be He who helped me complete it".
Two leaves were added at the end of the manuscript (by a different writer), from a composition on the Hebrew calendar, mentioning the year 1686. The year 1473, also mentioned in these leaves, was mistakenly lettered on the new binding. This date, which appears in many Tiklal siddurim, was copied from the words of an anonymous author in 1473 and does not reflect the year of writing.
[99] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Open tears, affecting text. Several leaves lacking a large part. Paper repairs. New leather binding.
Neat script. With supralinear vocalization (to part of the manuscript). The manuscript is lacking the beginning. Also lacking several leaves in the middle (completed by different writers in various periods).
The manuscript begins at the end of Tractate Avot. It contains the order for Motzaei Shabbat; prayers for Rosh Chodesh and Passover, with Passover Haggadah; prayers for Shavuot; prayers and lamentations for fast days and Tisha B'Av; prayers for the High Holidays and Sukkot; Chanukah; Purim; Selichot; Birkat HaMazon and other blessings; blessings for the wedding ceremony. Writer's colophon at end of manuscript: "Completed, praise to G-d – Blessed be He who helped me complete it".
Two leaves were added at the end of the manuscript (by a different writer), from a composition on the Hebrew calendar, mentioning the year 1686. The year 1473, also mentioned in these leaves, was mistakenly lettered on the new binding. This date, which appears in many Tiklal siddurim, was copied from the words of an anonymous author in 1473 and does not reflect the year of writing.
[99] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Open tears, affecting text. Several leaves lacking a large part. Paper repairs. New leather binding.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,063
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Document recording a testimony on monetary matters, in the Sanaa Beit Din, signed by the dayanim R. Yichye son of R. Yosef Tzalach – the Maharitz, and R. Yichye son of R. David Mishreqi. [Sanaa], Tammuz 1796.
[1] leaf. 13 cm. High quality paper. Wear, folding and rolling marks.
[1] leaf. 13 cm. High quality paper. Wear, folding and rolling marks.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $475
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Manuscript, Aggadta DePischa, with commentaries and laws by the Maharitz – R. Yichye Tzalach. [Sanaa? 18th/19th century].
Neat script, in the style of the Sanaa siddurim of the 18th century (similar to manuscripts produced by the Maharitz, leading Yemenite rabbi in those times). Text of the Haggadah with sublinear vocalization. Lacking one leaf of the laws of the Maharitz, from the middle of the laws and customs written between Kiddush and Karpas (see enclosed material).
Early stamps (faded) of "Shalom son of Aharon HaKohen Iraqi" (name of the president of the Sanaa community in the 18th century, [b. 1685, d. 1780. See: Encyclopedia LeChachmei Teiman, pp. 471-472]. This stamp may be his or that of one of his descendants).
[19] leaves. 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains and wear. All leaves detached. Without binding.
Neat script, in the style of the Sanaa siddurim of the 18th century (similar to manuscripts produced by the Maharitz, leading Yemenite rabbi in those times). Text of the Haggadah with sublinear vocalization. Lacking one leaf of the laws of the Maharitz, from the middle of the laws and customs written between Kiddush and Karpas (see enclosed material).
Early stamps (faded) of "Shalom son of Aharon HaKohen Iraqi" (name of the president of the Sanaa community in the 18th century, [b. 1685, d. 1780. See: Encyclopedia LeChachmei Teiman, pp. 471-472]. This stamp may be his or that of one of his descendants).
[19] leaves. 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains and wear. All leaves detached. Without binding.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,875
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Manuscript, Rashi commentary on the Torah. [Yemen, 1705].
Scribe's colophon on the final leaf: "Yeshaya… al-Husri", who wrote this book in 1705 for "the good friend… Daoud son of Avraham al-Anabi…". Several leaves by other writers (presumably from other manuscripts, inserted in this volume to replace missing leaves).
Lacking first two leaves. 3-197 leaves (first leaves with original foliation, rest of leaves with later foliation, in pencil). 20.5 cm. Condition varies. Stains, wear and tears. Worming. Paper repairs. Open tears to many leaves, with significant damage to text. Original leather binding.
Scribe's colophon on the final leaf: "Yeshaya… al-Husri", who wrote this book in 1705 for "the good friend… Daoud son of Avraham al-Anabi…". Several leaves by other writers (presumably from other manuscripts, inserted in this volume to replace missing leaves).
Lacking first two leaves. 3-197 leaves (first leaves with original foliation, rest of leaves with later foliation, in pencil). 20.5 cm. Condition varies. Stains, wear and tears. Worming. Paper repairs. Open tears to many leaves, with significant damage to text. Original leather binding.
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,375
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Manuscript, transcript of the title page and first leaves of tractate Bava Metzia with Rashi and Tosafot, from the second Talmud edition printed by Daniel Bomberg [in 1531]. [Yemen, ca. 19th century].
Neat Yemenite script. The transcript follows the original page layout.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on p. 2a.
[1], 2-4 leaves. 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. Piece of paper pasted on title page, partially affecting text. Without binding.
Neat Yemenite script. The transcript follows the original page layout.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on p. 2a.
[1], 2-4 leaves. 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. Piece of paper pasted on title page, partially affecting text. Without binding.
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