Auction 82 - Part II - Books and Letters from the Rabbi Yaakov Landau Family Collection

Or HaChaim - Zhovkva, 1799 - Signatures

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Or HaChaim, on the Five Books of the Torah, by R. Chaim ben Attar - the Or HaChaim HaKadosh. Zhovkva, [1799].
Separate title page for each chumash.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions of R. Zalman Simcha Traub Rabbi of Keidan (grandfather of R. Yaakov Landau's wife) on the first title page and front endpaper.
Brief handwritten gloss on p. 41a of Vayikra.
Handwritten inscriptions on back endpaper.
Stamps of R. Yaakov Landau from his tenures as rabbi of Libau (Liepāja, Latvia) and Bnei Brak on the endpapers and title pages.
[2], 70; 66; 54; 56; 39 leaves. Divisional title pages. First title page printed in red and black. 22 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Worming, affecting text (significant damage to some leaves). Open tears to title page, affecting text on verso (partially repaired with paper), and open tear to final leaf, affecting text, repaired with paper (with handwritten replacement). Handwritten inscriptions. Binding damaged and detached, with worming.
Early and Classic Books from the Library of Rabbi Landau
Early and Classic Books from the Library of Rabbi Landau