Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Collection of Books Printed in Thessaloniki and Constantinople – Many Signatures and Glosses

Opening: $250
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
*Rabbi Yosef Kitzby responsa and" Mutzal Me'esh" responsa. Constantinople 1736. Many signatures and glosses. Some cutoff. Signed by Rabbi "Yom Tov HaLevi" and Rabbi "Eliyahu ben Yitzchak Katyu". One gloss is apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Pardo. *"Torat Moshe" responsa, Rabbi Moshe Shabtai. Thessaloniki, 1797. (Several leaves are possibly missing from the middle of the book). Signed by Rabbi "David Amado" [Istanbul Torah scholar, 1770-1832, author of "Tehilla L'David"]. * Bound with "Ge'onim" responsa, Sha'arei Teshuva", Thessaloniki, [1802]. *"Orach Mishpat", on "Choshen Mishpat". Rabbi Rachamim Eliyahu Chazan. Thessaloniki, 1858. (Several leaves missing from the middle of the book). Many handwritten glosses. Signature of his relative Rabbi Eliyahu Chazan [1840-1908, author of "Ta'alumot Lev"] who writes "For me to own, his close relative who carries his name". *"Lekutot HaRamban", Thessaloniki, 1791. Many signatures: Rabbi "Chaim Moshe Pifirno" [a leading rabbi in Istanbul in the life of Rabbi Chaim Falagi]; Rabbi "Ya'akov Ya'avetz "[a scholar in Istanbul and disciple of Rabbi Chaim Falagi, died 1875] and signature of Rabbi Eliyahu Chazan who signed "Last redeemer Sivan 5643". *Bound with: Rabbi Yosef HaLevi ben Migash responsa, Thessaloniki, [1791].
6 books, in 4 volumes. Various sizes and conditions, moth damages.