Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Knesset HaGedola - Complete Set of the First Editions of All Parts of the Book, Printed in Various Places over Decades / Volumes of Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah - Important Signatures and Scholarly Glosses - Signature of the Aruch LaNer
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Knesset HaGedola and Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola on Arbaa Turim, by R. Chaim Benveniste - eight volumes, including a complete set of all parts of Knesset HaGedola, first editions printed in various places over the course of decades, and two parts of Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, on Orach Chaim (second edition) and on Yoreh De'ah (first edition). Livorno-Izmir-Constantinople, [1657-1734].
• Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim. Livorno, 1657. Handwritten scholarly glosses.
• Knesset HaGedola, Choshen Mishpat. Izmir, [1660].
• Knesset HaGedola, Choshen Mishpat (Mahadura Batra). Izmir, [1734]. Ownership inscriptions and a few glosses.
• Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah (part I). Constantinople, [1711].
• Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah (part II). Constantinople, [1716]. On the endpaper, signature of the Aruch LaNer, from his youth: "Yokev son of R. Aharon Ettlingen".
• Knesset HaGedola, Even HaEzer. Izmir, [1731].
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah. Constantinople, [1717].
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim. [Constantinople, 1729]. Second edition of this part. The title page belongs to the first edition of Orach Chaim, printed in Izmir in 1671. Lacking 7 leaves of final sequence. On the title page, inscription handwritten and signed by R. "Yitzchak Refael Alfandari".
Eight volumes. Vol. I (Orach Chaim): 6, 164 leaves. Vol. II (Choshen Mishpat): 2, 5-232 leaves. Vol. III (Yoreh De'ah I): [2], 206 leaves. Vol. IV (Yoreh De'ah II): [1], 4-246 leaves. Vol V (Even HaEzer): [2], 220 leaves. Vol. VI (Choshen Mishpat, Mahadura Batra): [2], 394 leaves. Vol VII (Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim): [2], 143 leaves. Lacking original title page, replaced with title page of first edition of this part. Lacking final 7 leaves. Vol VIII (Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah): 152 leaves. Height of most volumes: approx. 30 cm. One volume: 36 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Stains. Wear to some leaves. Dampstains and traces of past dampness, with mold in various places. Tears and damage to several title pages and in various places. New, matching leather bindings (with erroneous inscriptions on the two volumes of Yoreh De'ah: the volume inscribed Vol. I is actually Vol II, and vice-versa).
• Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim. Livorno, 1657. Handwritten scholarly glosses.
• Knesset HaGedola, Choshen Mishpat. Izmir, [1660].
• Knesset HaGedola, Choshen Mishpat (Mahadura Batra). Izmir, [1734]. Ownership inscriptions and a few glosses.
• Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah (part I). Constantinople, [1711].
• Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah (part II). Constantinople, [1716]. On the endpaper, signature of the Aruch LaNer, from his youth: "Yokev son of R. Aharon Ettlingen".
• Knesset HaGedola, Even HaEzer. Izmir, [1731].
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah. Constantinople, [1717].
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim. [Constantinople, 1729]. Second edition of this part. The title page belongs to the first edition of Orach Chaim, printed in Izmir in 1671. Lacking 7 leaves of final sequence. On the title page, inscription handwritten and signed by R. "Yitzchak Refael Alfandari".
Eight volumes. Vol. I (Orach Chaim): 6, 164 leaves. Vol. II (Choshen Mishpat): 2, 5-232 leaves. Vol. III (Yoreh De'ah I): [2], 206 leaves. Vol. IV (Yoreh De'ah II): [1], 4-246 leaves. Vol V (Even HaEzer): [2], 220 leaves. Vol. VI (Choshen Mishpat, Mahadura Batra): [2], 394 leaves. Vol VII (Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Orach Chaim): [2], 143 leaves. Lacking original title page, replaced with title page of first edition of this part. Lacking final 7 leaves. Vol VIII (Sheyarei Knesset HaGedola, Yoreh De'ah): 152 leaves. Height of most volumes: approx. 30 cm. One volume: 36 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Stains. Wear to some leaves. Dampstains and traces of past dampness, with mold in various places. Tears and damage to several title pages and in various places. New, matching leather bindings (with erroneous inscriptions on the two volumes of Yoreh De'ah: the volume inscribed Vol. I is actually Vol II, and vice-versa).
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