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Responsa Zekan Aharon – Constantinople, 1734 – Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, With Original Leather Binding of His Library

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Zekan Aharon, responsa by R. Eliyahu HaLevi. Constantinople: Yonah son of Yaakov [Ashkenazi], [1734]. First edition.

Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura; at the top of the title page are two of his stamps, one with his name "Nachum Dov Ber Friedman" and a lion symbol (somewhat blurred), and a second stamp "Minchat Shai".
Original leather binding, with decorations, characteristic of the Rebbe's library.

Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura (d. 1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef and son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura. R. Nachum Dov Ber was a prominent collector of early manuscripts and books, and possessed a large library. R. Nachum Dov used several types of stamps in his library. Books he inherited from his father were stamped "Nachalat Avotai", books he purchased were stamped "Kinyan Kaspi", and books received as a gift (such as the present book) were stamped "Minchat Shai".

[6], 117 leaves. 30.5 cm. Most leaves in good collection. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Decorated leather binding, worn and damaged.