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

Collection of books – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions of Disciples and Contemporaries of the Chatam Sofer

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium

Five books with signatures and ownership inscriptions of disciples and contemporaries of the Chatam Sofer:


• Amarot Tehorot, by the Rema of Fano. Mohyliv, [1810]. On the title page, ownership inscription of R. Ze'ev Wolf Chajes Rabbi of Várpalota (ca. 1768 – 1847; disciple of the Chatam Sofer).


• Book of Iyov with commentaries by R. Simcha Aryeh of Hrubieszów. Lviv, [1834]. Ownership inscription attesting that the copy belonged to R. Kalev Feivel Schlesinger Rabbi of Topolchan (Topoľčany; 1828-1911; leading disciple of the Ktav Sofer; author of Torat Bar Nash), with his stamp.


• Bnei Ahuvah, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Prague, 1819. First edition. Three parts in one volume. Ownership inscription of R. Yosef Shmuel Freund of Karoly (Carei; d. 1868; a Torah scholar in Jerusalem at the end of his life).


• Gevurot Ari, by R. Aryeh Leib Rabbi of Metz, the Shaagat Aryeh. Vilna, 1862. First edition. Signature of R. Moshe Sachs Ashkenazi (1800-1870; disciple of R. Mordechai Banet, R. Yechezkel Paneth, the Chatam Sofer and others. Founder of Batei Machseh).


• Responsa of the Mabit, Parts I and II. Lviv, 1860. Signatures of R. Avraham Ernstein Rabbi of Bardejov, prominent and cherished disciple of the Chatam Sofer.


5 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings.

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