Auction 10 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Jerusalem Talmud – Zhitomir

Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Complete set of Jerusalem Talmud. Zhitomir, 1860-1867. Five volumes published by Brothers Rabbi Hanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Shapira, grandchildren of the Slavita Rabbi.
Five title-pages in red ink. Illustrations and decorations. On page 65 of Masekhet Shvi'it, there is a picture of Eliyahu’s Altar on Mt. Carmel, and on page 66 – a picture of Mt. Sinai with Tablets on top, printed upside-down.
Glosses upon margins of the sheets, mainly in the first volume.
38cm. Good condition. Dark stains and slight tears at the end of the first volume. The remainder of the volumes are in good and well preserved condition, worn bindings.
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland