Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Four Books – Slavita

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
* Ein Ya'akov (Kutnot Or), Part 1 – Brachot and Seder Moed [Shabbat-Betza]. Slavita, [1820]. Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira. With approbations of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta for this edition.
[6], 274 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish paper. Most leaves are in good condition and several leaves are in fair condition. Spotting, tears, worm and moisture damage. New binding.
* Devarim, with Targum Onkelos, Rashi commentary, Ba'al HaTurim and Siftei Chachamim. Slavita, 1833. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
176 leaves. 29 cm. Fair condition. Most of the book is printed on bluish paper. The title page and the following leaf as well as several of the last leaves are damaged (with missing text) and professionally restored. Spotting, wear and worm marks. New binding.
Not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD and not in the National Library of Israel.
* Shemot, with Targum Onkelos, Rashi commentary, Ba'al Ha'Turim and Targum Sheni on Megillat Esther. Slavita, [1825?]. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
The year 1836 is mistakenly printed on the title page. The book was printed "Under the government of our master… Alexander Pavlovich", meaning it could not have been printed at a time later than 1825. Listed in the Bibliography Institute is an edition with a mistake on the title page of Shemot from 1826, but the pagination does not match this copy.
169; 24 leaves, 17.5 cm. Fair condition, spotting, wear and tears and worm damage. Detached leaves. Damaged binding.
* Chok L'Israel, Bereshit. Slavita, [1825]. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
[6], 266, [1] leaves. Following the title page 2 leaves are missing. 18.5 cm. Most leaves are in good condition. The title page is damaged (with missing parts) and mounted on paper for restoration. Detached last leaves. Signature on title page: "Moshe Leib".
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