Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Minchat Yosef – Pri Megadim – Livorno, 1827 – Signatures and Glosses – Morocco
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Minchat Yosef, various compilations and introductions to Kabbalah; with the book Pri Megadim, compilation of Azharot and good conducts from our sages; and the book VaYe'etar Yitzchak, novellae and compilations, by Rabbi Yosef Irgas [author of Shomer Emunim HaKadmo] Livorno, [1827].
Consecutive page numbering for all three books. Separate title page for Pri Megadim.
Signature on Leaf 40: "Do not delay the payment of a hired person until the morning, I the writer Elisha Birdugo" – the person who signed is apparently Rabbi Elisha Birdugo, a Torah sage of Meknès (Malkei Rabanan, Leaf 23), or his son a sage of Rabat who was born after his death and named after his father. See attached material.
Several long glosses by two writers in the book VaYe'etar Yitzchak [perhaps also written by one of the rabbis of the Birdugo family]. Stamps of "Avraham D. Elkayam".
[6], 54, 57-80 leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition, stains, moth damage and wear. Worn binding.
Opening price: $200
Consecutive page numbering for all three books. Separate title page for Pri Megadim.
Signature on Leaf 40: "Do not delay the payment of a hired person until the morning, I the writer Elisha Birdugo" – the person who signed is apparently Rabbi Elisha Birdugo, a Torah sage of Meknès (Malkei Rabanan, Leaf 23), or his son a sage of Rabat who was born after his death and named after his father. See attached material.
Several long glosses by two writers in the book VaYe'etar Yitzchak [perhaps also written by one of the rabbis of the Birdugo family]. Stamps of "Avraham D. Elkayam".
[6], 54, 57-80 leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition, stains, moth damage and wear. Worn binding.
Opening price: $200
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