Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sippur Chalomot Ketz HaPla'ot, Lemberg, C. 1835 - The History of the Affair of the False Messiah Sabbatai Zevi

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Sippur Chalomot Ketz HaPla'ot – events of Zevi, the history of the affair of the False Messiah Sabbatai Zevi. Compiled from the books of the Chacham Zvi, Rabbi Ya'akov Sasportes and Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Lemberg, [c. 1835].
32 leaves, 24.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains. Worm marks on text. French and Arabic inscriptions on binding leaves. Damaged contemporary binding.
Printed on the margins of the title page: Rosanes Jides bei Gedruckt 1804. This imprint is a forgery. See A. Ya'ari, the printing press of Rebbetzin Yehudit Rosanes in Lvov, Kiryat Sefer, 17, 1940, p. 97.
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