Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Menorat HaMa’or – Slavita, 1824

Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Menorat HaMa’or, with Nefesh Yehuda commentary and [Yiddish] Deitch. Slavita, [1824]. Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira. Approbation by Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, author of Ohev Yisrael. On title page: "Printed by… Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira son of the Rabbi of Slavita". However, the approbations of the book in the year of the printing attest that the printer was Rabbi Moshe Shapira himself. Part of the title page is printed in red ink. [8], 316 leaves. 28.5 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Worming and stains. Leather binding [Yemenite work].
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland