Auction 16 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Zera Emet Responsa - Livorno, 1786 - Important Glosses and Signatures

Opening: $250
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Zera Emet Responsa [section one - Orach Chaim] includes: Sefer Zera Emet, Chidushei Sugiyot, by Rabbi Yishmael HaCohen of Modena. Livorno, [1786].
Title-page of book contains ownership signature:"I have purchased this to serve my Creator". Lengthy glosses in his handwriting throughout leaves of book.
Leaf 84/2 contains lengthy gloss signed"Avraham Lulo" - Rabbi Avraham Lulo (Passed away in 1808), among the scholars of Morocco, a great Kabbalist. Left Morocco and passed through Algeria, Tunis, Libya and Livorno. Contemporary of the author of the book [in the gloss he mentions him in the blessing for life].
Stamps of the Ga'on Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1913, Otzar HaRabbanim 5925), Back cover leaf contains a gloss in his handwriting.
[5], 121; [1], 64 leaves. 29.5 cm. Good condition, stains and mildew stains. New binding.
Books From The Library of Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Books From The Library of Rabbi Chaim Berlin