Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Large Collection of Books Printed in Shanghai During the Holocaust
Opening: $500
Unsold
Large collection of some fifty books, printed in Shanghai in 1942-1946, by yeshiva students who fled to the Far East during the Holocaust.
The collection comprises a set of the Five Books of the Torah, volumes of the Babylonian Talmud, a set of Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, a set of Mishnah Berurah, books on Halachah and novellae, Chassidut and Kabbalah, ethics and homily, and more. Most of the books are photocopy editions.
See sidebar near item 164 in Kedem catalog 72 for more information about the printing efforts by and on behalf of the yeshiva students who fled Europe during WWII to Shanghai.
Approx. 50 volumes (several duplicate copies). Size and condition vary. The books were not examined thorougly, and are being sold as is.
A list will be sent upon request.
The collection comprises a set of the Five Books of the Torah, volumes of the Babylonian Talmud, a set of Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, a set of Mishnah Berurah, books on Halachah and novellae, Chassidut and Kabbalah, ethics and homily, and more. Most of the books are photocopy editions.
See sidebar near item 164 in Kedem catalog 72 for more information about the printing efforts by and on behalf of the yeshiva students who fled Europe during WWII to Shanghai.
Approx. 50 volumes (several duplicate copies). Size and condition vary. The books were not examined thorougly, and are being sold as is.
A list will be sent upon request.
Far Eastern Jewry
Far Eastern Jewry