Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Amudei Beit Yehuda - Amsterdam, 1766
Opening: $250
Unsold
Amudei Beit Yehuda ,articles and studies of Chazal sayings and the basic tenets of faith ["Messiah and resurrection of the dead… the 13 principles of faith… the hidden sayings of Rabba bar bar Chana"], by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Horwitz of Vilna. Amsterdam, [1766].
On the reverse side of the title page is an illustration of a building with pillars (symbolizing the name of the book) and a frame with the signature of the printer R' Leib Zusmensh. The section that deals with the 13 principles has a special title page: "The paradise of the believer which I have planted from the fruit tree of Rabbi Moshe bar Maimin [!]". (With the illustration of a tree).
[1], A-G; 100 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. New binding.
Without 4 leaves of index and poems which were added to some copies at the beginning of the book and to some at the end.
On the reverse side of the title page is an illustration of a building with pillars (symbolizing the name of the book) and a frame with the signature of the printer R' Leib Zusmensh. The section that deals with the 13 principles has a special title page: "The paradise of the believer which I have planted from the fruit tree of Rabbi Moshe bar Maimin [!]". (With the illustration of a tree).
[1], A-G; 100 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. New binding.
Without 4 leaves of index and poems which were added to some copies at the beginning of the book and to some at the end.
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