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

Ketzot HaChoshen - Königsberg, 1859 - Copy of Rabbi Tzvi Meir HaKohen of Radomsk

Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Ketzot HaChoshen, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, Parts I and II, by R. Aryeh Leib HaKohen Heller. Königsberg, [1859].
Signatures of "Tzvi Meir HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk" at the top of the title page (one signature is very blurred from ink smudging). Stamps and signatures of his brother R. "Yehoshua Nachum Rabinowitz".
R. Tzvi Meir HaKohen Rabinowitz (1841-1902), son of the Tiferet Shlomo Rebbe of Radomsk (Radomsko). A Tzaddik and kabbalist, he succeeded his father as rabbi of Radomsk (his younger brother R. Avraham Yissachar succeeded his father as rebbe).
Signatures of R. Chaim Yosef Jacobowitz and stamps of his father R. Yitzchak Meir of Omstov.
Several glosses from various writers.
[1], 3-162 [i.e. 122]; 14; [1], 3-88, [2] leaves. 36.5 cm. Condition varies. First and final leaves in fair condition, with worming, damage and numerous tears (particularly to title page) affecting text, repaired with paper. Many leaves in good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming. Margins trimmed, affecting headings of several leaves. Old binding, with damage and worming.
Chassidism - Important Copies, Signatures, Glosses and Dedications
Chassidism - Important Copies, Signatures, Glosses and Dedications