Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Collection of Halachic Books of Turkey and Italy Printing – Signatures

Opening: $750
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
1. Zivchei Tzedek, laws of shechita and treifot according to the Rambam and poskim… in poetic style and by alphabetical order, by Rabbi Yitzchak Arobash. Venice, [1662]. Last leaf replaced by photocopy. Moth damage.
2. Zove'ach Todah, by Rabbi Mordechai Etzban, Constantinople, [1733]. Owners' signatures - Rabbi David Ben-Shimon, Rabbi 'Refael David Tevli HaLevi" [one of the heads of Kollel Holland-Deutschland in Jerusalem] etc.
3. Emet L'Ya'akov, laws of reading from the Torah scroll and details of the customs of public needs, by Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Elgazi. Livorno, 1774. Signatures and owners' inscriptions in Oriental handwriting. Impressive leather binding.
4-5. Shalmei Tzibbur, laws of prayer and customs in the synagogue on weekdays, by Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Elgazi. Salonika, [1790]. Only edition. Includes Shalmei Chagiga, laws of prayer on Shabbat and festivals and index.
6. Chupat Chatanim, laws… from the day the shidduch was concluded until after the chuppah, Rabbi Refael David Mildola. Livorno, 1797. First edition. Notes and appendix in Italian handwriting, signed by "C. G. HaCohen".
7. L'David Emet, hilchot stam (laws for scribes writing Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot) by Chaim Yosef David Azulai. Constantinople, [1826].
Varied size and condition.
From Dr. Mehlman's private collection.
Books Printed in Turkey and Italy (Including Ladino Books)
Books Printed in Turkey and Italy (Including Ladino Books)