Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
Three Books Printed in Turkey - Signatures and Glosses
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Three books printed in Turkey:
1. Bnei Ya'akov, commentary on Sefer Ha'Itur and responsa, by Rabbi Ya'akov Sassoon. Constantinople, [1714]. Ownership inscription on title page: "This book was purchased by Mr. Shmuel Amato…Yedidya Tarika" [Rabbi Yedidya Tarika, a scholar from Turkey and Greece, Rabbi of Rhodes, author of Ben Yedid, Chelko shel Yedid, etc.]. Several glosses, apparently in his handwriting.
2. Chemdat Yamim, musar and Kabbalistic conduct according to the Ari, Part 3, on the Festivals. Constantinople, [1735]. Second edition. [Two glosses in Oriental handwriting: on Leaf 23 is an illustration of a Seder Plate, a long gloss appears on Leaf 31].
3. Etz Chaim, homilies on the Torah, by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. Izmir, [1729]. Lacking 5 leaves [95, 137, 138, 9, 10]. Leaves 37-66 of the second pagination were bound twice. Without title page. Inscriptions and signatures on title page.
3 books. Size and condition vary.
1. Bnei Ya'akov, commentary on Sefer Ha'Itur and responsa, by Rabbi Ya'akov Sassoon. Constantinople, [1714]. Ownership inscription on title page: "This book was purchased by Mr. Shmuel Amato…Yedidya Tarika" [Rabbi Yedidya Tarika, a scholar from Turkey and Greece, Rabbi of Rhodes, author of Ben Yedid, Chelko shel Yedid, etc.]. Several glosses, apparently in his handwriting.
2. Chemdat Yamim, musar and Kabbalistic conduct according to the Ari, Part 3, on the Festivals. Constantinople, [1735]. Second edition. [Two glosses in Oriental handwriting: on Leaf 23 is an illustration of a Seder Plate, a long gloss appears on Leaf 31].
3. Etz Chaim, homilies on the Torah, by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. Izmir, [1729]. Lacking 5 leaves [95, 137, 138, 9, 10]. Leaves 37-66 of the second pagination were bound twice. Without title page. Inscriptions and signatures on title page.
3 books. Size and condition vary.
Books Printed in Eastern Countries
Books Printed in Eastern Countries