Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial

Avnei Milu'im, Two Parts in Two Volumes – Lviv, 1815 / Zhovkva, 1825 – First Edition – Copies Used for Printing the Stettin 1860 Edition

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Avnei Milu'im, two parts: Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, with Avnei Milu'im – novellae and responsa, by R. Aryeh Leib HaKohen Heller Rabbi of Stryi. Part I, sections 1-52, Lviv, 1815. Part II, sections 69-178, Zhovkva, 1825. First edition.
These copies were used for preparing the Stettin 1860 edition. With markings, inscriptions and instructions for the printers.
Signatures of Dr. Michael Sachs in Hebrew and German on the title pages (presumably Dr. Yechiel Michael Sachs, rabbi in Prague and Berlin; d. 1864).
Vol. I: [4], 51, 53-75, [3] leaves. Three leaves (of foreword) following title page belong to part II, mistakenly bound here. Lacking: leaf 52 and final leaf, also lacking 14 leaves after leaf 75 (Meshovev Netivot section, not printed in 1860 edition). Vol. II: [1], 14, 35-80; 30, [3] leaves. Lacking [3] leaves after title page (mistakenly bound in vol. I) and leaves 15-34. Altogether lacking in both volumes 36 leaves. 35 cm. Fair condition. Many stains (including dark stains and ink stains). Wear. Folding marks on all leaves, some leaves cut at folds and in other places, mostly repaired. Tears to several leaves. Inscriptions. Stamps. New leather bindings.
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Classic Books and Miscellanea