Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Rav Yeiby – Ostrog 1808

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Rav Yeiby, on the Torah, Psalms and Nevi'im, Ketuvim. By the Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef son of Yehuda of Ostrog, disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. With the booklet “Morah Mikdash” on the topic of the holiness of Beit HaKnesset. Ostrog, [1808]. Second edition with glosses and corrections.
Owners' inscriptions, various signatures and stamps: "Belongs to the Naggid Meir Ya'akov who serves the Tzaddik Rabbi Baruch of Old Constantine near Medzhybizh". [Grandson of Rabbi Mordechai of Nesvizh who was married to the granddaughter of Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Ben Yehuda]. Long inscription on the topic of the printing costs of the book. Russian stamp: Baruch Ya'akovitz (son of Ya'akov), Kiev, Uman. Wax seal on the last page.
[1]. 129 leaves. 34.5 cm. Blue paper, good-fair condition, stains and minor tears, restored wear damage. New, elaborate leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no.531.
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