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

Manuscript, Tikkun Against the Evil Inclination – Cento (Italy), 1859

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium

Manuscript, Tikkun against the evil inclination. Cento (Italy), [1859].
Decorated title page, stating that the manuscript was scribed by Avraham Rafael Servi in Cento, 1859. Binding decorated in red ink; title "Against the Evil Inclination" lettered on the front board within a diamond shape.
Includes a prayer against the evil inclination by R. Yaakov son of Yitzchak Tzahalon, a prayer in Italian, and other prayers.
Pieces of parchment with various amulets and Holy Names were pasted on the back board.
The work was published based on this manuscript in a facsimile edition, with an introduction, Afulah 2016 (enclosed).


[12] leaves. 14 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Inscriptions. Old card binding, with open tears, and damage to decoration, repaired with paper (decoration restored).


Provenance:
1. Kedem Auction 22, May 2012, item 230.
2. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.011.025.
Enclosed: Facsimile edition of the manuscript (Afula, [2016].

Italian and Greek Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Items
Italian and Greek Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Items