Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Levush HaTechelet and Levush HaChur with Eliyah Zuta - Prague, 1601 - Original, Elegant and Ornamented Leather Binding - Book Given as Bar-Mitzva Gift
Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Levush HaTechelet and Levush HaChur, with Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Mordechai Yoffe; with Eliyah Zuta, by R. Eliyahu Shapiro Rabbi of Tiktin (Tykocin). Prague: Grandsons of Moses Katz, 1601.
Original gilt-ornamented leather binding, with a dedication on front: "Bar-Mitzva gift, for the boy Moshe de Lima(?)".
Owners' signatures (partially deleted) on title page: "Belongs to me, Akiva son of R. Avraham(?)", "This was given to me from G-d, therefore I signed my name Aharon Fürst of Altona".
[2], 108; 109-134 leaves. Lacking two final leaves. Without [2] leaves (title page and preface?) at the beginning of Levush HaChur (which presumably are not present in all copies). Mispagination. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Darkened, stained leaves. Dampstains. Minor damage and tears to margins of title page, repaired. Stamp on title page. Bookplate. Original leather binding, with many gilt ornaments on both sides and on spine. Front board and spine somewhat detached. Other minor damage to binding.
Original gilt-ornamented leather binding, with a dedication on front: "Bar-Mitzva gift, for the boy Moshe de Lima(?)".
Owners' signatures (partially deleted) on title page: "Belongs to me, Akiva son of R. Avraham(?)", "This was given to me from G-d, therefore I signed my name Aharon Fürst of Altona".
[2], 108; 109-134 leaves. Lacking two final leaves. Without [2] leaves (title page and preface?) at the beginning of Levush HaChur (which presumably are not present in all copies). Mispagination. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Darkened, stained leaves. Dampstains. Minor damage and tears to margins of title page, repaired. Stamp on title page. Bookplate. Original leather binding, with many gilt ornaments on both sides and on spine. Front board and spine somewhat detached. Other minor damage to binding.
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