Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Birkat HaZevach – Amsterdam, 1669 – Signature of Rabbi Shmuel Strashun, the Rashash of Vilna

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium

Birkat HaZevach, on Gemara, Rashi and Tosafot of Order Kodashim, by R. Aharon Shmuel Koidanover. [Amsterdam, 1669]. First edition.
Copy of R. Shmuel Strashun, with his signature on the blank page at the end of the book. The book contains several stamps of the Strashun Library of Vilna.
2-64, 64-131, 133-180; 35, [1] leaves. Lacking first [2] leaves – title page and leaf 1 (replaced in photocopy). 17 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Worming (including significant worming to some leaves), affecting text. Closed and open tears, affecting text. Inscriptions. Signatures and stamps. Old binding, damaged.
The beginning of the book was printed by Joseph Athias in Amsterdam, while the end, from leaf 133 onwards, was printed by David de Castro Tartas, who also printed the title page and prefaces.


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Books with Signatures, Stamps and Ownership Inscriptions
Books with Signatures, Stamps and Ownership Inscriptions