Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Three Books – Copies of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk, and His Sons the Rebbe of Piaseczno and the Admor HaChalutz

Opening: $300
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium

Three books in two volumes, copies of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk, and his sons the Rebbe of Piaseczno and the Admor HaChalutz:
• Yefe Toar, commentary on Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, by R. Shmuel Yaffe Ashkenazi. Prague: Moshe Katz, [1689-1692]. Second edition.
Stamps of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk on title page and p. 64a.
Inscription on front endpaper: "Belongs to the holy sons of the rabbi here in Grodzisk".
Inscriptions on the first title page (on both sides, some deleted), including: "Fishel son of R. Tzvi Hirsh".
[2], 72, [1], 72-139, 141-177, 180-207; 1-58, [1], 70-88, 88-133, 135-144, 146-149, 190-231, [1], 232-234, [2] leaves. Lacking final leaf. Misfoliation. Approx. 31 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Dampstains. Extensive wear. Many open tears to title pages and other leaves (large tears to last leaves), affecting title page border and text, some repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text (extensive worming in some places). The first title page and the final leaf are detached. Old, damaged, fabric binding, with extensive worming.
• Halachot Gedolot, by R. Shimon Kiara. [Zhovkva, 1811]. Bound with: Chiddushei Halachot Maharam Schiff. [Poritsk, 1820].
Stamps of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk on p. 72b of Halachot Gedolot, and on the final leaf of Chiddushei Halachot Maharam Schiff.
Handwritten genealogical inscriptions on inside front board, tracing the family lineage of the sons of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira – the Rebbe of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim, and the Admor HaChalutz, back to the Maggid of Kozhnitz and the Chozeh of Lublin.
Halachot Gedolot: 83 leaves. Lacking title page. Chiddushei Halachot Maharam Schiff: 97; 39-94; 23; 23, [1] leaves. Lacking title page and following leaf. 36 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Dampstains. Extensive wear. Extensive worming, affecting text in many places. Tears, including open tears affecting text. Paper repairs in several places. Old binding, damaged and detached, with extensive worming, without spine.
Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk (1824-1892), son of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel, the "Saraf of Mogielnica", and grandson of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk. Leading rebbe and tzaddik in Poland, author of Imrei Elimelech and Divrei Elimelech.


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