Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Collection of Books from the Library of Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin, Founder of the Daf HaYomi

Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium

Collection of seven books from the private library of R. Meir Shapiro of Lublin, bearing various stamps from his tenures as rabbi of Glina and Piotrków. All the books also bear the stamp of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva library (where the books were transferred to after his passing). Various inscriptions and handwritten glosses (by various writers, some of them presumably students in the yeshiva), and other signatures and stamps.


• Mekor Baruch, by R. Baruch Kahana Kitaiski of Minsk, Vilna, 1865. Only edition. • Edut BiYehosef Part I, by R. Yosef Rosen Rabbi of Telz. Vilna, 1866. First edition. • Torat Avigdor, by R. Avigdor Mordechai Katz Rabbi of Ostrin. Vilna, 1870. Only edition. Stamp of R. Moshe Nachum Yerushalimski Rabbi of Kielce. • Responsa of the Ralbach. Lviv, 1865. • Responsa Mahari HaKohen. Lviv, 1869. Only edition. Lacking 8 leaves at end of indexes. • Responsa Maharsham, Part V. Seini, [1926]. First edition. Bound with Gilui Daat. Seini, 1926. Second edition.


7 books in 6 volumes. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not examined thoroughly, and are being sold as is.

Ashkenazi Rabbis – Books with Signatures, Dedications and Glosses
Ashkenazi Rabbis – Books with Signatures, Dedications and Glosses