Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Poem-Riddle for Wedding – Trieste, 1825

Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Printed poem-riddle, “Wedding of dear exalted groom… Raphael Mordechai… Morforgvich and bride… daughter of philanthropist Rabbi Yitzchak Shalom”, by Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef Chai Tivoli. Trieste, [c. 1825].
Poem of nine stanzas. Center of page contains illustration of riddle: Soldier bearing a rifle and faced by a lion, with caption “VeKol Asher Yikra Lo Ha’adam Nefesh Chaya Hu Shmo”.
39 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear.
Listed in Bibliography Institute CD according to Valmadonna Library copy.
Italian Jewry – Letters, Manuscripts and Books
Italian Jewry – Letters, Manuscripts and Books