Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Merkavat HaMishna – Izmir, 1755 – Signatures and Glosses by Scholars of Tiberias
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Sold for: $625
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Sefer Merkavat HaMishna on the Rambam [Mada, Ahava], Rabbi Aharon Alfandari. Izmir, [1755]. Only edition. Illustrated title page. Erudite glosses on sheets of book in Oriental handwriting by two writers.
Ownership notations and signatures in Oriental handwriting: “David Amado” [among scholars of Izmir, 1777-1832]; “Baruch Toledano” [among scholars of Tiberias, 1842-1901]; “of Beit Midrash of prominent… Rabbi Yitzchak Abulafia”; “Bei Midrasha Rabba D’Tveria”; “I have purchased it from heirs of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif… Ya’akov Chai Zrihen”; additional signatures.
[1], 122, [1] leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Mildew and moth damage. Damage (restored). New binding.
Ownership notations and signatures in Oriental handwriting: “David Amado” [among scholars of Izmir, 1777-1832]; “Baruch Toledano” [among scholars of Tiberias, 1842-1901]; “of Beit Midrash of prominent… Rabbi Yitzchak Abulafia”; “Bei Midrasha Rabba D’Tveria”; “I have purchased it from heirs of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif… Ya’akov Chai Zrihen”; additional signatures.
[1], 122, [1] leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Mildew and moth damage. Damage (restored). New binding.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses