Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Jan 21, 2025
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Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Jan 21, 2025
Opening: $800
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Sold for: $2,250
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Fundamento Solido, Baza y Thypo de la Sacro Sancta…, by Judah Leon de Joseph Perez. Amsterdam: Ishac Jeudah Leaõ Templo (R. Yehudah Leon Templo), 1728. Spanish. Additional title page in Hebrew: Yesod Oz, "published in a foreign tongue to bring merit to the mighty Jewish people, by a Jewish man of the family of Peretz, Yehudah Aryeh son of R. Yosef Peretz…".
Theological work in Spanish, with title page, colophon and approbations in Hebrew. The work was written for the Marranos, descendants of the Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in Spain and Portugal, who returned to their religion, with the aim of explaining various Jewish concepts, commandments and customs. The work was modeled on the Catholic catechism, in the form of questions and answers on the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
The author,
R. Yehudah son of Yosef Peretz, author of Perach HaLevanon (Berlin, 1712) and Shaarei Rachamim (Venice, 1710), scion of one of the most distinguished Jewish families in Spain. Served as rabbi in Venice and Amsterdam. The Hebrew colophon describes the author's miraculous salvation from a shipwreck during a trip from London to Amsterdam for the purpose of printing the present book, with his original thanksgiving poem.
R. Yehudah son of Yosef Peretz, author of Perach HaLevanon (Berlin, 1712) and Shaarei Rachamim (Venice, 1710), scion of one of the most distinguished Jewish families in Spain. Served as rabbi in Venice and Amsterdam. The Hebrew colophon describes the author's miraculous salvation from a shipwreck during a trip from London to Amsterdam for the purpose of printing the present book, with his original thanksgiving poem.
For more information on the book, see: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, "The Re-Education of Marranos in the Seventeenth Century", in: The Faith of Fallen Jews: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History, Massachusetts, 2014, pp. 157-174.
On R. Yehudah son of Yosef Peretz and his family history, see: Michal Saraf (Malachi), Ayelet Chishki Kelilat Yofi – Toldot Rabbi Aharon Peretz, Lod: Habermann Institute for Literary Research, 1994, pp. 13-21.
[10] leaves, 126, 129-137, [3] pages. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Minor marginal tears to a few leaves. Worming to bottom of leaves, not affecting text. Bookplate on inside of front cover. Inscriptions on inside of front cover and on front endpaper. Cardboard binding with leather spine and corners. Wear, minor tears and worming to binding. Minor rubbing and tears to spine.
Kayserling, p. 88.
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Prayer Books and Classic Books – Amsterdam Presses
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Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Jan 21, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $13,750
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Shulchan Aruch, with additional laws by R. Moshe Isserles, and Be'er HaGolah by R. Moshe Rivkes. Complete set – Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Amsterdam: Yosef Attias, 1661-1664. First edition of Be'er HaGolah, printed in the lifetime of the author. Four volumes.
Fine, complete set, with original wood and leather bindings, with remains of clasps and decorated gilt edges. Gilt inscription of owner's name at bottom of spine (erased in some volumes): "Calmer". The present copies belonged to the Jewish French baron Liefmann Calmer (1711-1784), an important personage among 18th century French Jewry (two of his three sons were executed during the French Revolution).
Two title pages in each part. First title page engraved with angelic figures, above the caption "in Amsterdam".
On last page of Choshen Mishpat, poem by R. Moshe Rivkes, author of Be'er HaGolah, composed upon completion of his work.
Four volumes. Orach Chaim: [3], 2-4, [4], 320 leaves. Yoreh Deah: [2], 2-339, [1] leaves. Even HaEzer: [3], 3-198, [1] leaves. Choshen Mishpat: [3], 3-486 leaves. 15.5 cm. Decorated gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Original wood and leather bindings, with remains of clasps. Wear, damage and small tears to bindings and spines (rear cover of first volume detached, with tears to spine).
At the beginning of the first volume appear [2] leaves with "names of authors in the Shulchan Aruch and some abbreviations mentioned in Be'er HaGolah". These leaves are recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy from a private collection; it is unclear whether they appear in all copies or were only added to some (the copy of the first volume recorded there was lacking at the beginning).
The approbations to this edition, appearing in the first volume, were apparently added after the printing of this part was completed, since some of them postdate the edition.
CB, no. 5940,17.
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