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

Kesef Nivchar – Livorno, 1794 – Important Ownership – Rebbe Shlomo Friedman of Sadigura and Rebbe Shlomo Friedman of Chortkov

Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium

Kesef Nivchar on the Torah, by R. Avi Ezri Zelig Margolies of Polotsk. Livorno: R. Yaakov Nunes Vais and Rafael Meldola, [1794]. Second edition.


Copy owned by rebbes of the Ruzhin dynasty, with their stamps on the title page. Early stamp of "Shlomo Friedman" – presumably Rebbe Shlomo son of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Friedman (the first) of Sadigura. The book was later in the possession of Rebbe Shlomo Friedman of Chortkov (1894-1959; last rebbe of the Chortkov dynasty).


[3], 75 leaves. 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. New, elegant leather binding.

Chassidut – Important Ownerships, Signatures, Stamps and Dedications
Chassidut – Important Ownerships, Signatures, Stamps and Dedications