Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Tur Orach Chaim – Important Glosses from the 16th/17th Century

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,250
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Leaves from the Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef, laws of Passover and of Rosh Hashanah [apparently, first edition of the Beit Yosef, Venice 1550]. Many glosses in very early charming Ashkenazi handwriting [apparently from the 16th century]. According to the content of the glosses, evidently the writer was a Torah erudite authority. Many glosses in Sephardi handwriting [c. 17th/18th century], with scholarly content, questions and answers, explanations and queries [possibly, a leading Turkish sage]. Few glosses in Sephardi handwriting, apparently by a third writer. [67] leaves. (Only Leaves 290-317, 376-415. Originally: 24; 459 leaves). Approximately 34 cm. Poor condition, detached leaves, wear and heavy worming.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses