Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sefer Chassidim – Zhitomir, 1857 – Original Binding – Important Ownership
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaChassidim, by R. Yehuda HaChassid, with a commentary by R. David Abterode and the Brit Olam commentary by the Chida. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1857.
Ownership inscriptions on the front endpaper and first leaves, including inscriptions attesting that the book belongs to R. Meir Weis of Tetsh (Tiachiv; R. Meir Weis, dayan and posek in Tetsh, d. 1933, prominent Chassid of Belz, see enclosed material).
288 pages. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and scribbles. Wear and creases to corners. Original, decorated leather binding. Damage and wear to binding.
Ownership inscriptions on the front endpaper and first leaves, including inscriptions attesting that the book belongs to R. Meir Weis of Tetsh (Tiachiv; R. Meir Weis, dayan and posek in Tetsh, d. 1933, prominent Chassid of Belz, see enclosed material).
288 pages. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and scribbles. Wear and creases to corners. Original, decorated leather binding. Damage and wear to binding.
Books Printed in Russia-Poland – Slavita, Zhitomir and Elsewhere
Books Printed in Russia-Poland – Slavita, Zhitomir and Elsewhere