Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts

Collection of Handwritten and Printed Leaves – Poems and Prayers – Italy, 19th Century

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium

• Large leaf, Shirei Zahav – two sonnets in honor of the marriage of Yehoshua Chai Raba and Eugenia Sorani. Cento, 1878. Signature of author in margins. Square script, inside a printed frame. 45.5 cm.


• Large leaf, Shir Lichvod HaTorah – ten-stanza poem by an unknown author. The word "Malachi" highlighted in the last stanza. Square script, in decorated frame (blue). Approx. 38x52 cm.
• Prayer of the Turin community for the success of the Italian army, a printed leaflet (4 pages) in Hebrew and Italian. Contains special prayer for Victor Emmanuel II during the Wars of Italian Unification in the 19th century, followed by three psalms and an Italian translation of the above prayer. Lithograph for Hebrew sections and normal printing for Italian section.
• Manuscript leaf, 8-stanza poem for a wedding. Signature of author on margins of leaf.
• Poem by R. Mordechai Momigliano. Bologna, [1877]. Printed leaflet for the inauguration of the Bologna synagogue. Poem in Hebrew and Italian. Contains corresponding title page in Italian.
• Printed leaf, letter of blessing for a wedding. Padua, [1853]. Signed (in print) by Moshe Yaakov Ottolengi.
• Manuscript leaf, poem "BeMar Evkeh BeToch Golah…" by R. Shimshon Chaim Nachmani [author of Zera Shimshon], written on both sides. Only half of the poem appears, with the leaf with the continuation missing.
• Manuscript leaf, supplication by R. Yehudah HaLevi beginning "Hashem Yom Lecha E'eroch Techinah".
• Poem for Simchat Torah, gift for the leaders of the Levantine community, by R. Eliyahu Aharon Lattes. [Venice, 1833]. Later facsimile of original lithograph.


9 paper items. Varying size and condition.

Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Documents and Printed Items
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Documents and Printed Items