Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Shulchan Aruch - Amsterdam, 1698 (Nachat) - Complete Set - Inscription Regarding the Miracle of Deliverance from Drowning in 1776

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium

Shulchan Aruch, with Be'er HaGolah, complete set - Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, 1697-1699. Four volumes.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page is engraved, depicting four putti. A chronogram on the second title page of Even HaEzer alludes to the year "Nachat" - 1698 (similar to the date on the title page of the book Shnei Luchot HaBrit, printed that same year in Amsterdam, in the same printing press).
Ownership inscriptions from the 1770s-1780s in the Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat volumes. A long ownership inscription on the back endpaper of the Choshen Mishpat volume describes a miracle of deliverance from drowning: "I am hereby writing to you a few of the miracles that I experienced in my youth. In 1776…" - see below.
Four volumes. Vol. 1: [24], 266, [2] leaves. Vol 2: [1], 302, [1] leaves. Vol. 3: [1], 178, 178-180, [1] leaves. Vol. 4: [1], 432, [1] leaves. 15.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Dampstains in several places. Tears to several leaves. The engraved title page of the first volume is torn and damaged and was mounted on paper for restoration. Last leaf (errata) of the Choshen Mishpat volume is detached and damaged, repaired with paper. Binding of Even HaEzer volume is detached. New, matching leather bindings.


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The miracle of deliverance of "the horse and its rider" in 1776

In this edition of the Shulchan Aruch, at the end of the Choshen Mishpat volume, the owner wrote a long inscription recounting the story of a miracle that he experienced in his youth:

"I am hereby writing to you a few of the miracles that I experienced in my youth. In 1776, in the month of Cheshvan, I sat on our horse and rode for half an hour from our village called Hestrin(?) to carry out some business. My horse was thirsty, so I asked a gentile shoemaker to show me where I can water my horse and he showed me. I rode with the horse into the water, until the water reached my head, whereupon the horse fell in the water and I fell under its body, endangering my life. I called out to G-d to save me and He delivered me from the water. To commemorate this, I have written this, because G-d's mercy never ceases from me, Avraham son of R. Yitzchak Eizek... Today, Tuesday, 27th Nissan 1780".


Classic and Miscellaneous Books - Responsa and Novellea, Halacha and Ethics
Classic and Miscellaneous Books - Responsa and Novellea, Halacha and Ethics