Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Responsa Avodat HaGershuni – Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman Rabbi of Makó – Handwritten Glosses
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Responsa Avodat HaGershuni, by R. Gershon Ashkenazi. Frankfurt-am-Main, [1699]. First edition. Illustrated title page.
Signatures on the title page: "Shlomo Zalman Ullman"; "---- Pulitz"; a dedication (from 1937) handwritten and signed by R. "Yitzchak Leib Blau", to his brother-in-law R. Pinchas David Freidiger.
A few handwritten glosses and corrections, some of them presumably handwritten by R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Rabbi of Makó.
R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman (1792-1863) was the author of the Responsa Yeriot Shlomo and a prominent Hungarian rabbi. He was appointed to the rabbinate through the efforts of the Chatam Sofer, and served many decades as rabbi of Makó (Makova). He was the son-in-law of R. Simcha Bunim Eiger, Rabbi of Mattersdorf (brother of R. Akiva Eiger).
R. Yitzchak Leib Blau of Pressburg–Bnei Brak was the son-in-law and nephew of R. Akiva Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg and author of Daat Sofer.
[4], 94, [4] leaves. 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Mold stains. Wear to the margins (some leaves repaired with paper). Damage with loss to the margins of the last two leaves. Contemporary half-leather binding, damaged.
Signatures on the title page: "Shlomo Zalman Ullman"; "---- Pulitz"; a dedication (from 1937) handwritten and signed by R. "Yitzchak Leib Blau", to his brother-in-law R. Pinchas David Freidiger.
A few handwritten glosses and corrections, some of them presumably handwritten by R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Rabbi of Makó.
R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman (1792-1863) was the author of the Responsa Yeriot Shlomo and a prominent Hungarian rabbi. He was appointed to the rabbinate through the efforts of the Chatam Sofer, and served many decades as rabbi of Makó (Makova). He was the son-in-law of R. Simcha Bunim Eiger, Rabbi of Mattersdorf (brother of R. Akiva Eiger).
R. Yitzchak Leib Blau of Pressburg–Bnei Brak was the son-in-law and nephew of R. Akiva Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg and author of Daat Sofer.
[4], 94, [4] leaves. 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Mold stains. Wear to the margins (some leaves repaired with paper). Damage with loss to the margins of the last two leaves. Contemporary half-leather binding, damaged.
Books with Handwritten Notes, Signatures
and Dedications - Ashkenazi Rabbis
Books with Handwritten Notes, Signatures
and Dedications - Ashkenazi Rabbis