Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Collection of Halachic Works and Responsa - Printed in Salonika - 18th Century - Glosses and Signatures

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Eight books of Halacha and responsa. Salonika, 18th-19th centuries.
1. Sefer Sam Chayei, responsa to Shulchan Aruch, compilations and homilies on the Torah, by R. Chaim Asa'el. Salonika, [1746]. Only edition. During the printing several pages were removed and replaced with others. Several of the original pages are bound at the end of this volume: leaves 87-[95], without leaf [96]. These pages include several responsa that were removed from the book. Signature on the title page: "the youngest of the young, Shlomo Chaim". Several long glosses in Oriental handwriting.
2. Sefer Parashat Hakesef, commentary on the Rambam and the Kessef Mishneh, by R. Shmuel Sornaga. Salonika, [1758]. Only edition.
3. Sefer Sha'ar Hamayim, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, laws of treifot, and on Tractate Chullin, with responsa, by R. Mordechai Yosef Meyuchas. Salonika, [1768]. On the title page is the signature of R. "Chaim Yitzchak Matitya Ibn Arolio", rabbi of Philippopolis (today Plovdiv, Bulgaria), and other signatures. One gloss in Oriental handwriting.
4. Sefer Kehillot Yaakov, principles of the Talmud and commentaries, by R. Yisral Yaakov Algazi. Salonika, 1786. First edition. Signature of "Yechezkel Avraham Matzliach Se"t (Sefardi Tahor)".
5. Sefer Ashdat Hapisga, responsa to the Arba Turim, by R. Yosef Nachmuli. Salonika, [1790]. Stamps on the title page ("Avraham Ibn Aroglio").
6. Sefer Sha'ashua Hatalmidim, on Tur Choshen Mishpat, by R. Shmuel Modiliano. Salonika, [1797]. Signature on the title page: "Bechor Yisrael Yaakov Bechor Shmuel Se"t (Sefardi Tahor)".
7. Sefer Chayei Avraham, Halacha, responsa and homilies, by R. Refael Chaim Avraham Kobo. Salonika, [1804]. Missing last leaf. Only edition.
8. Sefer Chelko Shel Yedid, on Tur and Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah and Choshen Mishpat, by R. Yedidya Shmuel Tarika. Salonika, [1805].
Eight volumes. Size and condition vary. Two volumes have extensive damage with missing text to several pages.
Books Printed in the East
Books Printed in the East