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Megillat Saragosanos, a work in the style of the Book of Esther, commemorating Saragossa Purim. Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef Shmer and Yitzchak Gościnny, 1872.
Saragossa Purim is celebrated on 17th and 18th of Shevat every year, in memory of a miracle that took place in 1380 (or 1420 in other versions) for a Jewish community in Italy or Spain (according to different accounts). Saragosanos is an epithet for the king. Saragossa Jews read this Megillah every year (on 17th or 18th Shevat), like the reading of the Megillah on Purim.
[1], 4, [1] leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, slightly affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 179.
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Printed booklet, Shir LehaSar, in honor of the Austrian prime minister Gyula Andrássy, and additional words of blessing for Emperor Franz Josef, by R. Bentzion Shlez, author of Hatzivi Tziyunim. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, ca. 1869].
[2] leaves ([3] printed pages). Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and minor tears. New binding.
Rare booklet. Does not appear in Sh. Halevy, and is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Recorded in the NLI catalogue as part of another booklet (see Kedem Auction 96, lot 172).
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Teomei Tzviyah, halachic responsa regarding an unusual breed of chickens and on the laws of a double doubt, by R. Tzvi Hirsch Shlez, author of Niflaot MiTorat Hashem Yitbarach. [Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef Shmer, Yitzchak Gościnny and Yaakov David Slotky, 1873?].
Printed without title page.
On leaves 1-13, question regarding the kosher tradition of an unusual breed of chickens. On leaves 13-26, pilpul on the laws of a double doubt.
On leaves 11-12 and 26-28, Torah novellae by R. Bentzion Shlez, author of Hatzivi Tziyunim, the author's father, as well as the author's son R. Tzvi Hirsch Shagar.
28 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal open tears to several leaves. Worming in many places, affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 201 (who judges from the type that leaves 13-28 were printed in Yoel Moshe Salomon's press).
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Technot for Tikun Sheloshah Mishmorot, for the length of the exile, with prayers recited at holy sites. Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef and Yitzchak and R. Yaakov David Slotky, 1873. Yiddish.
25 leaves. 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark stains and wax stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with paper filling. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Rare.
Sh. Halevy, no. 202.
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Dr. I. Mehlman, with his handwritten inscriptions.
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Machazirei Atarah LeYoshnah society, with Kollel HaIvrim, by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger. Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef Shmer and his brother-in-law Yitzchak Gościnny and R. Yaakov David Slotky, [1873].
The book proposes establishing an organization for Jews to return to Eretz Israel with government approval, headed by elected officials assisted by an armed force of guards, in a settlement divided into tribes and speaking Hebrew. At the end of the book is a prayer for settlement of the Land.
[1]; 40, [5] leaves. 21.5 cm (uneven trimming). Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears, including marginal open tears to title page, affecting title frame and text on verso. New leather binding.
Complete copy, with [5] leaves at the end (most copies have [4] leaves of prayers at the end; the present copy has [1] added leaf before the prayers, as recorded by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and Sh. Halevy).
Sh. Halevy, no. 188.
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Sefer Gavriel, historical novel set in the Thirty Years' War, by R. Shlomo HaKohen of Prague. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Ber Frumkin, 1875.
Historical novel about a young Jew, set in Europe during the Thirty Years' War, by R. Shlomo HaKohen of Prague. Originally written in German (under the name Gawriel; Historische Erzaehlung aus dem dreissigjaehrigen Kriege), translated by R. Yisrael Dov Frumkin. First printed in HaChavatzelet, 1874.
On interior of front wrapper, printed dedication by the translator (Yisrael Dov Frumkin), filled out by hand.
[1], 98, [1] leaves (including printed front and back wrapper). Misfoliation. 14.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to title page and other leaves, partially repaired with paper. Title page and another leaf partially detached. Small open tear to front wrapper. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 251.
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Stories translated from German to Hebrew, Part I, by R. Yisrael Dov Frumkin, publisher of HaChavatzelet. Jerusalem: printed by the translator, 1875.
With original front and back printed wrapper. Date given on title page as 1876.
Contains two parts of a story (both with divisional title pages).
[1] last leaf before back wrapper (with picture of a cedar), with advertisement for HaChavatzelet and another story book translated by Frumkin.
[1], 116, [2] pages. Includes original orange printed wrapper. Leaves misordered in several places. Approx. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears and open tears to all leaves, affecting text of some leaves, repaired with paper filling (tears to front wrapper not repaired). New leather binding.
Rare book, undocumented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book or in Sh. Halevy (a translation of stories by Frumkin is recorded by Sh. Halevy under another name and with a different number of pages, relying on another source, and may be referring to the present book despite the differences).
The NLI catalogue contains an incomplete copy, with only 52 pages.
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LeHaramat Keren Yerushalayim VeToshaveha, including a report on the Halukka system, on the authority of the emissaries Shmuel Montagu and R. Dr. Asher, after returning from Jerusalem in 1875, edited by Yisrael Dov Frumkin. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Frumkin, [1875].
The present report was delivered to the committee of the Montefiore Memorial Fund, opposing the Halukka system in place at the time (previously printed that year in Frumkin's newspaper HaChavatzelet).
[1] leaf, 50, 53-63 pages. 15 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Few stains. Small tear on title page, repaired with tape to verso. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 242.
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Netivot Tzion ViYerushalayim, by scholar Avraham Moshe Luntz. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Frumkin, 1876. First edition. Additional title page in German.
At the end of the book appears a leaf with a picture of the Cave of Machpelah, along with a folding leaf with an illustration of Jerusalem, with marginal explanations on each place appearing in the picture. After the plate appears another folding leaf in orange, with a printed dedication filled out by hand and signed by the author, Avraham Moshe Luntz, to R. Yehudah Leib Levisohn, Rabbi of Stockholm, asking him to muster support for Part II of the book (which was never published) and asking R. Yehudah Leib Levisohn to send him one of his books.
28; 91 pages + [2] plates, one on folding leaf, [1] leaf. 15 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Marginal tears and small marginal open tears to several leaves. Small marginal open tear to folding leaf, not affecting text, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 276 (last leaf with dedication by author not documented by Sh. Halevy).
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Yitzchak Yeranen, bakashot and songs, edited by R. Refael Yitzchak Altaras. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, 1855.
Collection of 127 songs and bakashot, by various authors, in Hebrew and Ladino, for the Vayetar Yitzchak society, to be recited on Shabbat eve, according to the custom of Aleppo.
63 leaves. 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tears and worming to title page and several other leaves, affecting text (on title page, tears repaired with paper and tape). Large stamps on title page and last leaf, affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 54.
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Dr. I. Mehlman, with his handwritten inscriptions.
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![Chinuchei Banim, Part I, by R. Baruch Mitrani. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Frumkin, [1875]. Illustration of Cave of Machpelah on v](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/134_1.jpg "Chinuchei Banim – Reading Lessons, With Ladino – Jerusalem, 1875")
![Chinuchei Banim, Part I, by R. Baruch Mitrani. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Frumkin, [1875]. Illustration of Cave of Machpelah on v](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/134_2.jpg "Chinuchei Banim – Reading Lessons, With Ladino – Jerusalem, 1875")
Chinuchei Banim, Part I, by R. Baruch Mitrani. Jerusalem: Yisrael Dov Frumkin, [1875]. Illustration of Cave of Machpelah on verso of title page.
Reading lessons for children, with exercises and explanations of Hebrew words and concepts in Ladino.
[2], 30, [3] pages. With original back envelope, printed, in pink (printed advertisement for HaChavatzelet on interior of envelope). 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears and open tears, most to last leaves; on one leaf, large open tear affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 235.
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![Cantiga de Castigerio, poem of rebuke, in alphabetical order. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and Rav Agan, [ca. 1876]. Ladino.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/135_1.jpg "Cantiga de Castigerio – Ethical Poem in Ladino – Jerusalem, 1876")
![Cantiga de Castigerio, poem of rebuke, in alphabetical order. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and Rav Agan, [ca. 1876]. Ladino.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/135_2.jpg "Cantiga de Castigerio – Ethical Poem in Ladino – Jerusalem, 1876")
Cantiga de Castigerio, poem of rebuke, in alphabetical order. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and Rav Agan, [ca. 1876]. Ladino.
Ethical poem in alphabetical order.
Later reprinted at the end of Binah LeItim VeTikun Yissachar, Jerusalem 1877.
8 pages. Approx. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears on all leaves, affecting title frame and text, repaired with paper filling (all leaves coated with transparent paper). New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 280.
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