Auction 087
Holy books, manuscripts, Judaica items, numismatics, coins
By Winner'S
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Feb 25, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 524:
Large Collection of Books from Geniza – Zhitomir and Slavuta Prints
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Sold for: $2,000
Start price:
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1,000
Estimated price :
$1500 - $1800
Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
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Large Collection of Books from Geniza – Zhitomir and Slavuta Prints
Collection of books, some complete, most incomplete, and title pages and solitary leaves printed at the press of the Shapira family in Zhitomir and Slavuta – found in Geniza.
Including: One book printed in Slavuta, Machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and the three pilgrimage holidays (Slavuta, 1827), missing leaf 195. Psalms "HaMaggid", missing the title page and an additional leaf – the conclusion is complete. Tikunei HaZohar – Slavuta, missing the title page, a collection of leaves from various editions of the Tehilim from Zhitomir and Slavuta. Shulchan Aruch HaRav Ba'al HaTanya, two sections from 1855. Chok L'Yisrael, Numbers, (1855). Chok L'Yisrael, Bereishit (1861). Likutei Torah, Numbers, 1848, incomplete. Incomplete Book of Genesis. Lev Dovid L'Chida, 1854, incomplete. And more.
About twenty books and a similar amount of solitary leaves or fragments.
Poor-moderate condition.
