Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Raziel HaMalach – Warsaw, 1812 – First Edition with Glosses of the Magid of Kozienice – Signatures

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Raziel HaMalach, attributed to Adam. Warsaw, [1812].
With approbation by Rabbi Yisrael Hofstein – the Magid of Kozienice, who gave the printer his glosses for the book as he writes in his approbation: "And I gave him also some things that are written on the book sheets, which G-d graced me with, some glosses and a few novellae". These glosses were printed only in this edition.
Signatures "…Feivel son of Rabbi M. Yosef Lifshitz", "A gift from G-d… Shimon Weiner from Csongrád and its region" – signature of Rabbi Shimon Weiner (1769-1878), a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer, Rabbi in Csongrád and afterward in Lovasberény (see item no.127), another inscription that he owns the book (his son's handwriting).
51 leaves.22 cm. Good condition, stains. Damages to binding.
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