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

Tur Choshen Mishpat, Part II – Frankfurt am Main, 1716 – Signature of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Löw, Author of Shaarei Torah

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Tur, Choshen Mishpat, part II, sections 175-426, with the Beit Chadash and Perisha UDerisha commentaries. Frankfurt am Main, [1716].
Inscription on the title page handwritten and signed by R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah, attesting that he was gifted the book by his uncle "…may G-d grant me the merit of studying His holy Torah for the sake of Heaven, so says B. Wolf".
R. Binyamin Wolf Löw (1777-1851), author of Shaarei Torah, rabbi of Vrbové (Hungary) and other cities. A prominent Torah scholar in the times of the Chatam Sofer and R. Akiva Eger. Composed many works on all parts of the Torah, published as the Shaarei Torah series. His first composition, published at the age of 26, received enthusiastic approbations by the leading Torah scholars of his generation, including R. Akiva Eger, the Chatam Sofer, and others.
[1], 120; 187 leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Tears to title page, slightly affecting border. Tears to several other leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.


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Books of Important Ownership – Signatures and Stamps
Books of Important Ownership – Signatures and Stamps