Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Tzelach on Tractate Pesachim – Prague, 1783-1784 – First Book of the Series, Printed in the Lifetime of the Author the Noda BiYehuda – Signature of R. Azriel Pollack Disciple of the Chatam Sofer – Handwritten Glosses

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Tzelach – Tziyun LeNefesh Chaya, on Tractate Pesachim, by R. Yechezkel HaLevi Landau the Noda BiYehuda, rabbi of Prague. Prague: Joseph Emmanuel Diesbach, [1783-1784]. First edition. First book of the Tzelach series. Printed in the author's lifetime.
Signatures on the title page and front endpaper of R. Azriel Pollack (1803-1887), disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Dayan in Eisenstadt for over forty years. Additional inscriptions and stamps of R. Avraham Figdor of Sárvár.
Other inscriptions.
Glosses (mostly late). Lengthy gloss on p. 13b (possibly handwritten by R. Azriel Pollack).
[2], 123, [1] leaves. Extra copies of leaves 93-94. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, including minor open tears, repaired in part with sellotape (over text). New binding.

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