Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Shem HaGedolim by the Chida – First Editions, Published by the Author – Livorno, 1786-1798 – Handwritten Glosses

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Two parts of the book Shem HaGedolim – first editions, published by the Chida in his lifetime:
• Shem HaGedolim Part II. Livorno: Abraham Isaac Castello and R. Eliezer Saadon, [1786]. First edition of Part II.
Several lengthy glosses (slightly trimmed), signed by R. Yehuda Jarmon (a Tunis Torah scholar, d. 1912). One gloss in a different hand, signed "Yehuda Azulai (presumably R. Yehuda Zerachya son of R. Moshe Azulai, emissary of Jerusalem, d. 1871).
• Shem HaGedolim Part I. Livorno: Eliezer Saadon, [1798]. Second edition of part I, with additions printed here for the first time.
Two books. Shem HaGedolim Part II: 104 leaves. Shem HaGedolim Part I: [2], 144 leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text on some leaves. Inscriptions. New, uniform leather bindings.

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