Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Mizbach Adama / Kise Eliyahu - Glosses and Signatures - Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe and Others

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Two books printed in Salonika (Thessaloniki), with glosses by Oriental Torah scholars and signatures:
1. Mizbach Adama, novellae and responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Meyuchas son of R. Shmuel of Jerusalem, author of Pri Ha'Adama. Salonika, [1777]. On page 29/1 is a gloss in Oriental handwriting, signed "Ya'akov Entebbe". [Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe was an Aleppo Torah sage and rabbi in Damascus. See previous item]. Dedications signed "Meir Shlomo Parchi" [brother of R. Chaim Parchi, one of the heads of the Acre community. In 1831, he purchased a courtyard in Tiberias].
[2], 62, 62-64 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Damaged binding.
2. Kise Eliyahu, novellae on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Eliyahu Yisrael. Salonika, [1811]. Approximately 10 long scholarly glosses in Oriental writing (some slightly cutoff), by two or three writers. Some are signed with the acrynom "Ya'eh". Ownership inscriptions "The wealthy Yitzchak Anavi".
[2], 108 leaves. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Some cutoff glosses. Damaged binding.
Both books have signatures and stamps of R. "Moshe Chaim Weiss", a rabbi in Kisvárda (Kleinwardein). A gloss written by R. Weiss appears in the book Mizbach Adama.
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