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

Ramban with Dozens of Handwritten Scholarly Glosses / Copies of Letters of Responsa by R. Dov Ber Yaffe Rabbi of Utena and His Son-in-law Rabbi Aharon Azriel Rabbi of Rozhishche

Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Mishne Torah L'HaRambam, Part 5 - Kinyan, Mishpatim, Shoftim. Warsaw, 1882.
Dozens of long scholarly marginalia in Ashkenazi writing (by an unidentified writer. Lithuania?). Among the leaves is a leaf copied in the handwriting of R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe - "This has reached me from my brother-in-law the Ga'avad of Rozhishche R. Aharon Azriel", with a copy of a halachic correspondence between R. Aharon Azriel Rabbi of Rozhishche and his father-in-law R. Dov Ber Jaffe [Rabbi of Utena, disciple of R. Chaim of Volozhin who died at a young age in 1829 and most of his works vanished together with the writings of his son, R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (1820-1891)].
134 leaves; 42; 128 leaves. 33 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Wear and minor tears. New binding.
Books with Handwritten Glosses
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