Auction 62 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Aug 28, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 231:

Manuscript, Ruach Chen on Moreh Nevuchim, by Rabbi Shmuel ibn Tibbon – Le Havre (France), 1771

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Manuscript, Ruach Chen, commentary on the Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim, by R. Shmuel ibn Tibbon. Written by the scribe R. Yissachar Ber of Rzeszów. [Le Havre, France, 1771].
Complete manuscript. Fine copying of the composition in Ashkenazic semi-cursive and cursive script. Original leather binding, with gilt ornamentation.
The foot of the title page contains a dedication by the scribe – R. Yissachar Ber of Rzeszów, to R. Eliezer Schor, containing the place and date of writing: "My gift… to my dear friend, intelligent and wise… R. Eliezer Schor… I, the young Yissachar Ber of Rzeszów… here in Le Havre [1771]".
The front endpaper bears a signature: "David Weisskopf son of Seligman".
[1], 29 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Original leather binding, with gilt blocking, damaged and detached, without spine.

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