Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Torah and Five Megillot with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1755-1756 – Fine Original Leather Binding with Gilt Decorations and Silver Clasps
Opening: $700
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot, with year-round Haftarot according to the Ashkenazi and Sephardi customs. Amsterdam: brothers Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, 1755-1756.
Small-format volume in fine original leather binding, with gilt decorations and silver clasps (with maker's mark; apparently Amsterdam, late 18th century). Gilt inscription of owner's name on front of binding: "Avraham son of R. Itzik Minden, 1775" (the Mindens are a known family from Berlin; see: Pinkas Kehilat Berlin, Jerusalem, 1962, index).
Divisional title page for haftarot.
Handwritten inscription on endpaper: "I gifted this Chumash to my dear friend Avraham son of R. Itzik Minden, Chanukah 1775; Zelig Minden ---".
154, [2]; 48 leaves. Approx. 13 cm. Gilt edges. Book in good condition, binding in fair-good condition. Stains. Original leather binding with original colorful endpaper. Damage to binding. Open tears to spine and tear across spine (front and back side of binding loose).
Bible and Tehillim
Bible and Tehillim