Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Four Books Printed by the Shapira Family
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Four books printed by the Shapira family, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita: · Choker U'Mekubal, by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto – the Ramchal. Zhitomir, 1855. (Margin cutting with damage to text). · Bine’ot Deshe, by Rabbi Shlomo Adahan. Zhitomir, 1856. Missing 6 last leaves. · Tikun Lel Shavuot V'Hoshana Raba, according to the order of the Shla. Zhitomir, 1860. Missing 16 leaves (in the middle and at the end). · Sefer Hafla'ah, on Tractate Ketubot, by Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horwitz. [Sudilkov, 1833]. Missing title page. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa Shapira, grandson of the Slavita Rabbi [who later founded the Zhitomir Printing Press], Four books, size and condition vary.
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland