Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Feb 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 197:
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Start price:
$
450
Estimated price :
$500 - $700
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sales tax: 8.875%
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(BIBLE).
(Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With commentaries including Devek Tov by Shimon Halevi Auschenburg. Vol. II (of 2). Bamidbar, Devarim, Haphtorath and Five Scrolls.
Large-paper copy with extra wide margins. Title within elaborately decorated architectural pillars. Extensive manuscript comments in a neat Ashkenazic hand on front flyleaf, ff. 241b, 254a, 264b and ff. 292-95 (see below).
ff. (1). 179-323, 58. Signature of previous owner on title dated 1779, title mounted. Ex-library, title laid down Later boards, worn, spine removed. Large 4to. Vinograd Amsterdam 1620.
Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe and Son-in-law 1749
The manuscript comments were copied from Igroth Yashar by R. Isaac Samuel Reggio (1784-1855), published in Vienna, 1834-36. They contain Bible comments and a translation in Hebrew by Reggio of a chapter of Ma’amar al Matzav HaYehudim by Simcha Luzzatto. The marginal notes to Eichah contain the commentary of Joseph ibn Kaspi and were also taken from Igroth Yashar.
