Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Aruch HaKatzur – Kraków, 1592 – Signatures and Glosses
Opening: $800
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Aruch HaKatzur, summary of the Aruch by R. Natan son of Yechiel. Kraków: Yitzchak son of Aharon of Prostitz, [1592]. Second edition.
Many ownership inscriptions and signatures on title page and other leaves, some deleted with ink, including: "Chaim son of Yaakov of ---" and another signature of his on verso of last leaf; "Avraham son of Yosef Ettingen"; "Yehoshua Segal of Bechhofen, 1662", and another ownership inscription of his on verso of last leaf; "Yitzchak son of R. N. Segal Binswangen", and another ownership inscription of his dated 1703 on verso of leaf; additional deleted inscriptions from Binswangen; "Meir Bishitz". Signature on p. 40a: "Meir son of R. Shlomo Bishitz", and on p. 41a: "Meir Bishitz of Prague". On back endpaper: "Belongs to me, Meir Bishitz of the Gantz family on my father's side and Katzenellenbogen family on my mother's side; I purchased it in Vienna, 1802"; "Moshe Yehudah son of Yekutiel of Demb---"; birth inscriptions from the 1760s.
Marginal glosses by an unidentified writer.
36, [47] leaves (misfoliation). 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Marginal tears, and open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting title frame and text. Worming, affecting text in several places. New binding.
CB, no. 6632,9.
Early Printed Books – Poland, Prague and Western Europe
Early Printed Books – Poland, Prague and Western Europe