Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
Binyan Yehoshua – Dyhernfurth, 1788 – Signature of the Rashash – Rabbi Shmuel Strashun of Vilna
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Binyan Yehoshua, commentary on Avot DeRabbi Natan, Tractate Semachot and Tractate Derech Eretz, by R. Yehoshua Falk of Lissa and Breslau. Dyhernfurth: R. Yechiel Michel May, 1788. First edition.
Copy of the Rashash of Vilna, with his signature on the title page: "Shmuel Strashun". Inscription in square script at the end of the foreword: "Shmuel Strashuner". Two brief glosses in his handwriting.
R. Shmuel Strashun – the Rashash (1793-1872) was a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. Son of R. Yosef of Zaskevich and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from the village of Strashun, who moved with his family to Vilna and became one of the leaders of the Vilna community. His glosses on the Talmud were printed in the Vilna editions of the Talmud under the title Hagahot HaRashash, and they cover the entire Talmud (with the exception of only 8 pages – Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). Hagahot HaRashash is a classic work on the Talmud, widely discussed in the books of the Acharonim and in discourses of yeshiva deans. His glosses to the Mishnah, Midrash Raba and the Rambam were also printed.
[2], 24, 24-29; 9; 9 leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Copy of the Rashash of Vilna, with his signature on the title page: "Shmuel Strashun". Inscription in square script at the end of the foreword: "Shmuel Strashuner". Two brief glosses in his handwriting.
R. Shmuel Strashun – the Rashash (1793-1872) was a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. Son of R. Yosef of Zaskevich and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from the village of Strashun, who moved with his family to Vilna and became one of the leaders of the Vilna community. His glosses on the Talmud were printed in the Vilna editions of the Talmud under the title Hagahot HaRashash, and they cover the entire Talmud (with the exception of only 8 pages – Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). Hagahot HaRashash is a classic work on the Talmud, widely discussed in the books of the Acharonim and in discourses of yeshiva deans. His glosses to the Mishnah, Midrash Raba and the Rambam were also printed.
[2], 24, 24-29; 9; 9 leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Books of Important Ownership – Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books of Important Ownership – Glosses, Signatures and Dedications