Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items
Mishnayot with Commentaries – Slavita, 1822 / 1830
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Six Orders of the Mishnah, with commentaries. Six volumes from two different editions. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapira Rabbi of Slavita, 1822 and 1830.
Orders Nezikin and Kodashim are from the 1822 edition, the other four orders are from the 1830 edition.
The title page states: "It was added to them… some novellae from the rabbi, outstanding Torah scholar… R. Levi Yitzchak, who served as rabbi in Berditchev".
6 volumes. Zera'im: [4], 132 leaves. Moed: 173 leaves. Nashim: 160 leaves. Nezikin: [1], 196 leaves. Kodashim: 130 leaves. Taharot: 224 leaves. Order Zera'im volume lacking leaves 42-43, 61-64 (altogether lacking 6 leaves). Leaves 129-132 of order Nashim bound out of sequence. Five volumes with average height of 25-27 cm, volume of order Kodashim – 21.5 cm. Condition varies. Volumes of orders Zera'im, Moed, Nashim and Nezikin in overall good condition. Stains, dampstains, worming. Worming slightly affecting text to one volume. Volume of order Taharot in good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. Tears to title page, affecting text, repaired with tape. Volume of order Kodashim in fair-poor condition. Stains, dampstains, ink stains and pen scribbles. Severe worming to title page and many leaves, affecting text. Detached gatherings. Order Kodashim volume smaller than other volumes. Stamps. Some volumes with signatures and inscriptions. Some volumes with early leather bindings. Damage and wear to bindings.
Orders Nezikin and Kodashim are from the 1822 edition, the other four orders are from the 1830 edition.
The title page states: "It was added to them… some novellae from the rabbi, outstanding Torah scholar… R. Levi Yitzchak, who served as rabbi in Berditchev".
6 volumes. Zera'im: [4], 132 leaves. Moed: 173 leaves. Nashim: 160 leaves. Nezikin: [1], 196 leaves. Kodashim: 130 leaves. Taharot: 224 leaves. Order Zera'im volume lacking leaves 42-43, 61-64 (altogether lacking 6 leaves). Leaves 129-132 of order Nashim bound out of sequence. Five volumes with average height of 25-27 cm, volume of order Kodashim – 21.5 cm. Condition varies. Volumes of orders Zera'im, Moed, Nashim and Nezikin in overall good condition. Stains, dampstains, worming. Worming slightly affecting text to one volume. Volume of order Taharot in good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. Tears to title page, affecting text, repaired with tape. Volume of order Kodashim in fair-poor condition. Stains, dampstains, ink stains and pen scribbles. Severe worming to title page and many leaves, affecting text. Detached gatherings. Order Kodashim volume smaller than other volumes. Stamps. Some volumes with signatures and inscriptions. Some volumes with early leather bindings. Damage and wear to bindings.
Slavita and Zhitomir
Slavita and Zhitomir