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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Kitvei Kodesh, HaMagid Part 5, Tehillim and Mishlei, with "Ivri-Teitch", Rashi and Metzudot. Zhitomir, 1849. Shapira Brothers press. Ancient ownership signature: "Menach-?".
[1], 235 leaves. [Missing leaves at the end of Mishlei]. 24 cm. Fair condition, moisture stains. Wear and worm damages, with damage to text on several leaves. The title page and the following leaf are restored. New binding.
[1], 235 leaves. [Missing leaves at the end of Mishlei]. 24 cm. Fair condition, moisture stains. Wear and worm damages, with damage to text on several leaves. The title page and the following leaf are restored. New binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
* Siddur according to Sepharad custom, Tikunei Shabbat with Derech HaChaim. (Siddur of Rabbi Moshe of Działoszyn – according to Warsaw editions 1827 and Józefów edition 1842). Zhitomir, 1851. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
Incomplete copy: 161-428 pages; 166 pages. (Originally: 428; 248 pages). 18 cm. Fair condition, wear and spots caused by usage. Worm damages on several leaves. New binding.
* Siddur according to Sepharad custom, Tikunei Shabbat with Derech HaChaim. Zhitomir, 1859. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
Incomplete copy: 15-40; 95-180; 177-428; [1], 431-560, 577-650 pages (originally: [4], 180, 177-428 pages; [1], 431-560; 577-686 pages). 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains caused by extensive use. Spotting. New binding.
Incomplete copy: 161-428 pages; 166 pages. (Originally: 428; 248 pages). 18 cm. Fair condition, wear and spots caused by usage. Worm damages on several leaves. New binding.
* Siddur according to Sepharad custom, Tikunei Shabbat with Derech HaChaim. Zhitomir, 1859. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
Incomplete copy: 15-40; 95-180; 177-428; [1], 431-560, 577-650 pages (originally: [4], 180, 177-428 pages; [1], 431-560; 577-686 pages). 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains caused by extensive use. Spotting. New binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Prayers for Shabbat, nusach Sepharad. [Morning prayers for Shabbat]. Zhitomir, 1849. Printed by the Shapira brothers of Slavita. Printed as an appendix to the Five Books of the Torah.
On Pages 29-30 is a prayer for "His Majesty (Caesar) Nikolai Pavlovich".
[1] 30 pages. (Two leaves are missing at the end of the Shabbat Musaf prayer. Originally [1] 17 leaves). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and spotting. New binding.
On Pages 29-30 is a prayer for "His Majesty (Caesar) Nikolai Pavlovich".
[1] 30 pages. (Two leaves are missing at the end of the Shabbat Musaf prayer. Originally [1] 17 leaves). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and spotting. New binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Ben HaMelech V'Hanazir, with commentary. Zhitomir, 1850. Printed by the brothers Rabbi Chanina Lipa, Rabbi Aryeh Leib and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
143 pages. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Old binding (not original).
143 pages. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Old binding (not original).
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Tikunei HaZohar, Zhitomir 1863. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
At the beginning of the book is an approbation by Rebbe Aharon of Chernobyl (Mechutan of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel), who praises the printers and this edition printed with elegance and proofread for mistakes "As they have merited from their fathers and have followed in their footsteps". The approbation ends with a blessing for "long and good years, and G-d will bless them in spiritual and material matters, with children, life and plentitude".
[2], 182 leaves. Approximately 21.5 cm. High-quality paper, fair condition, spotting and worm damages. Stamps of the Stretin Chassidic Society in Vienna. Old binding.
At the beginning of the book is an approbation by Rebbe Aharon of Chernobyl (Mechutan of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel), who praises the printers and this edition printed with elegance and proofread for mistakes "As they have merited from their fathers and have followed in their footsteps". The approbation ends with a blessing for "long and good years, and G-d will bless them in spiritual and material matters, with children, life and plentitude".
[2], 182 leaves. Approximately 21.5 cm. High-quality paper, fair condition, spotting and worm damages. Stamps of the Stretin Chassidic Society in Vienna. Old binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
Collection of volumes of Nevi’im and Ketuvim from various publications of Sefer Hamagid, printed in Slavita, in the printing press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
* Section 1, Nevi’im Rishonim, Yehoshua-Melachim. With Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. Slavita, 1834. Approbations by Rabbi Chaim HaCohen of Pinsk, Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik of Berdychiv and Rabbi Ephraim of Sudilkov.
232 leaves (missing 2 leaves at end of volume, originally: 234 leaves). 4 first leaves taken from another copy, and restored.
* Section 4 (part 2), Nevi’im Achronim, Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu and Yechezkel. Includes Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. 1834.
2-292 leaves (missing title page, title page of another edition attached, in which section 4 is Yechezkel and Trei Assar with Targum Yonatan, Rashi and Metzudot). Moth damage and mildew.
* Section 3, from Nevi’im Achronim and Ketuvim. Trei Assar, Daniel, Ezra, Nechemia and Divrei HaYamim. With Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. [1832].
81, 68, 76 leaves. Moth damage.
* Section 2, Melachim-Divrei HaYamim, with Targum Yonatan, Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters] and commentaries of Rashi and Metzudot. Slavita, 1834.
[1], 3-226 leaves. (Missing page 2, originally: 226 leaves). Tears with missing pieces on margins of several leaves.
* Section 5, Tehillim and Mishlei, with Targum Yonatan, Rashi and Metzudot. [1826?].
9, 12-216 leaves. Incomplete and damaged copy. (Originally: 216 leaves). Wear and moth damage with missing pieces.
5 volumes in identical new bindings. Size approx. 25 cm. Various conditions. Missing leaves and torn leaves with missing pieces.
* Section 1, Nevi’im Rishonim, Yehoshua-Melachim. With Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. Slavita, 1834. Approbations by Rabbi Chaim HaCohen of Pinsk, Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik of Berdychiv and Rabbi Ephraim of Sudilkov.
232 leaves (missing 2 leaves at end of volume, originally: 234 leaves). 4 first leaves taken from another copy, and restored.
* Section 4 (part 2), Nevi’im Achronim, Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu and Yechezkel. Includes Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. 1834.
2-292 leaves (missing title page, title page of another edition attached, in which section 4 is Yechezkel and Trei Assar with Targum Yonatan, Rashi and Metzudot). Moth damage and mildew.
* Section 3, from Nevi’im Achronim and Ketuvim. Trei Assar, Daniel, Ezra, Nechemia and Divrei HaYamim. With Rashi commentary and Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters]. [1832].
81, 68, 76 leaves. Moth damage.
* Section 2, Melachim-Divrei HaYamim, with Targum Yonatan, Ivri Teitch [German in Hebrew letters] and commentaries of Rashi and Metzudot. Slavita, 1834.
[1], 3-226 leaves. (Missing page 2, originally: 226 leaves). Tears with missing pieces on margins of several leaves.
* Section 5, Tehillim and Mishlei, with Targum Yonatan, Rashi and Metzudot. [1826?].
9, 12-216 leaves. Incomplete and damaged copy. (Originally: 216 leaves). Wear and moth damage with missing pieces.
5 volumes in identical new bindings. Size approx. 25 cm. Various conditions. Missing leaves and torn leaves with missing pieces.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Mateh Efraim with Elef LaMateh, laws and customs of the Days of Awe by Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot. Zhitomir, 1848. Printed by the Shapira brothers.
Bound with Tzava'ot Rabbi Naftali HaCohen Katz. Warsaw, 1844.
Ancient signature "Yisrael". Owner's Signature and stamp, Chaim Zvi Wittert, Johannesburg.
143 pages, 17 leaves, 20 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, worm damages and wear. Old binding, missing spine.
Bound with Tzava'ot Rabbi Naftali HaCohen Katz. Warsaw, 1844.
Ancient signature "Yisrael". Owner's Signature and stamp, Chaim Zvi Wittert, Johannesburg.
143 pages, 17 leaves, 20 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, worm damages and wear. Old binding, missing spine.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Tzena U'Rena on the Five Books of the Torah, the Haftarot and the five Megillot. Zhitomir, 1865. Printed by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Shapira, grandson of the Rabbi of Slavita. Owner's signature "Zvi Hirsh ben Elazar".
497 pages, 25.5 cm. Varying condition. Wear and spotting. Damages to first leaves. Damage to last leaf with significant lack. Fabric and leather binding, worn.
Not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD and not in the Vinograd and Rosenfeld listings.
497 pages, 25.5 cm. Varying condition. Wear and spotting. Damages to first leaves. Damage to last leaf with significant lack. Fabric and leather binding, worn.
Not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD and not in the Vinograd and Rosenfeld listings.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
* Kitvei Kodesh, Yechezkel Tre Asar. Zhitomir, 1856. Printed by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Shapira.
407 pages. 27 cm. Good condition, spotting and light wear. New fabric binding.
Magenei Eretz, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Part 1, Simanim 1-428. With Machatzit HaShekel. Zhitomir, 1855. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
(Missing first title page) 3-250; 1-112; 251-444; 113-224 pages. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing and worm holes. New binding.
407 pages. 27 cm. Good condition, spotting and light wear. New fabric binding.
Magenei Eretz, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Part 1, Simanim 1-428. With Machatzit HaShekel. Zhitomir, 1855. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira.
(Missing first title page) 3-250; 1-112; 251-444; 113-224 pages. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing and worm holes. New binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $250
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
* Mishnayot Seder Taharot, with the commentaries of the Rambam and the Rash of Sens. Slavita, [1805]. Printed by Rabbi Dov Ber ben Yisrael Segal and Rabbi Dov Ber ben Rabbi Pesach.
* Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, Torat Kohanim, Part 1. Zhitomir, 1856. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Scholarly handwritten glosses. Signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi "Moshe ben R' Itzil Sultan".
* Machatzit HaShekel, on the Magen Avraham, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. Zhitomir, 1855. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Ownership inscription "Avraham Eliezer Dayan" [apparently, Rabbi Avraham Eliezer Ekstein, 1838-1908, dayan and Ra'avad of Pest for 35 years].
* Babylonian Talmud, Tractates Bechorot-Midot, and the laws of bechorot and challah with novellae by the Maharit Elgazi, Zhitomir, 1860. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Contemporary leather binding.
* Yerushalmi Talmud, Tractates Shabbat and Eruvin. Zhitomir, 1860. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Owner's signature, "Aharon ben Rabbi C. of Andrychów (Yandrichov)". [Rabbi Aharon Av Beit Din of Andrychów].
5 books, varied size and condition.
* Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, Torat Kohanim, Part 1. Zhitomir, 1856. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Scholarly handwritten glosses. Signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi "Moshe ben R' Itzil Sultan".
* Machatzit HaShekel, on the Magen Avraham, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. Zhitomir, 1855. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Ownership inscription "Avraham Eliezer Dayan" [apparently, Rabbi Avraham Eliezer Ekstein, 1838-1908, dayan and Ra'avad of Pest for 35 years].
* Babylonian Talmud, Tractates Bechorot-Midot, and the laws of bechorot and challah with novellae by the Maharit Elgazi, Zhitomir, 1860. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Contemporary leather binding.
* Yerushalmi Talmud, Tractates Shabbat and Eruvin. Zhitomir, 1860. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Owner's signature, "Aharon ben Rabbi C. of Andrychów (Yandrichov)". [Rabbi Aharon Av Beit Din of Andrychów].
5 books, varied size and condition.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Remnants of leaves removed from the Binding Geniza – Radak commentary on Nevi'im Achronim (Yeshaya). Guadalajara. Spain, 1482. Printed by Rabbi Shlomo ben Moshe HaLevi Elkabetz.
The printing press of Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz of Spain (grandfather of the Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz [the II] of Safed, author of Lecha Dodi), was the first Hebrew printing press in Spain, and one of the first Hebrew printing presses to exist at all. Rabbi Elkabetz printed approximately 20 books including the first printing of the Passover Haggadah (in 1480).
4 leaves, approximately 23 cm. Various damages from binding (primarily to margins), including damage to text. Restored (and attached) with paper replacements.
The printing press of Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz of Spain (grandfather of the Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz [the II] of Safed, author of Lecha Dodi), was the first Hebrew printing press in Spain, and one of the first Hebrew printing presses to exist at all. Rabbi Elkabetz printed approximately 20 books including the first printing of the Passover Haggadah (in 1480).
4 leaves, approximately 23 cm. Various damages from binding (primarily to margins), including damage to text. Restored (and attached) with paper replacements.
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Early Printed Books and Incunabula - Resh and Shin Years
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $8,500
Sold for: $16,250
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sotah – with Rashi commentary and Tosfot, Piskei Tosfot and Rambam's commentary on the Mishna. Venice, 1520. Printed by Daniel Bomberg, first edition.
On Leaf 43, 1 is an illustrative sketch on Rashi commentary. This is the only printed sketch found in the Bomberg edition of the Talmud. Bomberg left the rest of the places which were designated for sketches and illustrations empty to complete with drawings after printing.
Complete copy, including title page. 53 leaves (the last leaf is marked 54). 6 signatures of 8 leaves, a seventh signature of 5 leaves. 35 cm. Good condition. Spotting, worm holes in several places (with minor damage to letters), wear and several tears (some professionally restored). Several restorations with adhesive tape. Ancient glosses in Oriental writing (sources and corrections). Stamps and ownership inscriptions. New binding.
On Leaf 43, 1 is an illustrative sketch on Rashi commentary. This is the only printed sketch found in the Bomberg edition of the Talmud. Bomberg left the rest of the places which were designated for sketches and illustrations empty to complete with drawings after printing.
Complete copy, including title page. 53 leaves (the last leaf is marked 54). 6 signatures of 8 leaves, a seventh signature of 5 leaves. 35 cm. Good condition. Spotting, worm holes in several places (with minor damage to letters), wear and several tears (some professionally restored). Several restorations with adhesive tape. Ancient glosses in Oriental writing (sources and corrections). Stamps and ownership inscriptions. New binding.
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Early Printed Books and Incunabula - Resh and Shin Years
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