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

Lot 365

Sefer HaAgudah - Kraków, 1571 - First Edition - Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, with His Signature

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Sefer HaAgudah, halachic rulings resulting from each topic in the Talmudic tractates, by R. Alexander Suslin HaKohen. Kraków: Isaac Prostitz, 1571. First edition.
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, with his handwritten ownership inscription on the front endpaper, and his stamps on the title page. Trimmed ownership inscriptions at top of title page.
Kvittel inscription on title page.
Signature on back endpaper, followed by birth records from the 1760s.
Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura (d. 1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. Renowned as a prominent collector of early manuscripts and books.
Stamps of R. Yaakov Landau Rabbi of Bnei Brak.
4; 250 leaves. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains. Significant worming to many leaves, affecting text. Open tears to title page, repaired with paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Leaves trimmed close to headings in several places. 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