Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Manuscript, Taamei Halachot, Laws and Novellae – Meknes, 1831 – Illustrated Title Page

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium

Manuscript, anthology of works: Taamei Halachot, novellae by R. Moshe Berdugo, and more. Meknes (Morocco), [1831].
Title page text set in floral border, with a pointed Moorish arch in the center.
The manuscript contains several works:
• Taamei Halachot on the laws of Passover (incomplete), Tisha B'Av, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (incomplete).
• Laws of shechitah in question–answer form. Copying interrupted after one leaf.
• Novellae by R. Moshe Berdugo – two leaves, ends in the middle of a topic.
• Novellae by other Torah scholars.
Various inscriptions of members of the Toledano family.


[142] leaves, including 43 written leaves (many leaves remain blank). 14 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Minor marginal tears and open tears to first and final leaves, not affecting text. Final leaf detached. Original leather over wooden boards, damaged, with remnants of copper clasps.


Exhibition:
• Andre Goldenberg, Art and Jews of Morocco, Paris, 2014, p. 166.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.029.

Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters