Auction 10 Part 2 Judaica, Religious Books, Polemic, Research, Amulets, Kabbala, Letters by Rebbes
By Jerusalem of gold
Sep 25, 2016
Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 440:

A Large Collection of Title Pages and Beginning of Books

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Auction took place on Sep 25, 2016 at Jerusalem of gold
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A Large Collection of Title Pages and Beginning of Books
A collection of title pages of different books from the priting presses of: Konigsburg, Lublin, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Livorno, Prague, Sudylkow, Lemberg, Vienna, Zhitomir, Venice, Zolkiew, Ofen, Lvov, Sulzbach, Frankfurt, Salonika, Metz, Halberstadt, Izmir, Jessnitz, Dubrovno, Homburg, Djerba.
Among them: Levush HaTechelet (Venice, 1620, with a long French inscription from 1686), Ma'asei HaGedolim (Lemberg, 1903), Pri Chadash (Amsterdam, 1716 and 1720), Asifat Zekeinim (Livorno, 1774), Jerusalem Talmud (Amsterdam, 1750), Jerusalem Talmud Moed (Zhitomir, 1862), Pachad Yitzchak (Venice, 1796), Olat Tamid (Salonika, 1854), Avraham Yagel (Livorno, 1843), Migdanot Natan (Livorno, 1778, with some of the boo, a signature and gloss in handwriting), Orach Mishor (Berlin, 1723. An inscription in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Shemama which shows that the book belongs to Rabbi Yosef Zeitun), Halachot Olam (Sulzbach, 1756), Mishmeret HaKodesh (Livorno, 1825), Yeshuot Yaakov (Livorno, 1784), Korban Elitzur (Salonika, 1777), Alfei Yehuda (Livorno, 1794), Rashba Ketubot (Metz, 1765, signature of "the young one Rabbi Rachamim Shamila"), Sifrei Debei Rav (Salonika, 1799), Yoreh U'Malkosh (Vilna, 1894. Handwritten biography of the author), Maginei Shlomo (Venice, 1741), Toldot Yitzchak (Livorno, 1762), Shut HaMaharshach (Salonika, 1730), Page 211 of the book Tzeida Laderech (from the year 1623) on which is a map of the Land of Israel, Ara'a D'Yisrael (Livorno, 1806), Birkei Yosef part two (Livorno, 1776), Migdanot Natan (Livorno, 1785. Signature of Rabbi Avraham Teib), Re'eh Chaim part two (Izmir,1865), Amudei Shittim L'Beit HaLevi (Prague, 1791), Bnei Reuven (Livorno, 1864), Beit HaBechira (Livorno, 1795), Hadarat Zekeinim (Dubrovno, 1802), Yalkut Reuveini (Homburg, 1912. Ancient ownership signatures).

Most of the title pages are from books from single and first editions. Many of the title pages have the first leaves of the books attached, such as approbations etc.

Additional signatures of the Rabbis of Tunisia on some of the title pages: Rabbi Shmuel Vasen, Rabbi Yosef Djej, Rabbi Yaakov Chai HaCohen, Rabbi Avraham Belais, Rabbi Moshe Abukara, Rabbi Chai Sa'adon, Rabbi Yosef HaCohen.
A total of dozens of leaves of varying sizes.
Condition: Varying sizes – good, fair, poor.

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