Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
Knesset HaGedolah, by R. Chaim Benveniste, collection of editions.
Four volumes from the first edition:
• Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim. Livorno, 1657. Stamp.
6, 164 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. A few marginal tears, slightly affecting text. Old binding, damaged.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah (sections 69-138, 160-177). Constantinople, [1711].
[2], 206 leaves. 40.5 cm. Wide margins. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink stains. Marginal tears and open tears, not affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Deleted stamp. Leather-coated wooden binding, damaged.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah (sections 1-68). Constantinople, [1716]. Stamps and handwritten inscription.
[1], 4-246 leaves. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal open tear to title page, not affecting text. New binding.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Choshen Mishpat (Mahadura Batra). Izmir, [1734].
Two glosses in Sephardic script.
[2], 394 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. A few tears and open tears, slightly affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Close trimming in some places, affecting headings. Deleted stamp. New binding, with worming.
Additional editions:
• Knesset HaGedolah, Choshen Mishpat. Fürth, [1692]. Stamps and ex libris label.
196 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to last leaves, slightly affecting text. Several marginal tears, affecting text to last leaf, partially repaired with tape. Old binding, partially damaged and torn.
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim. Constantinople, [1729]. Stamps.
[2], 143; 7 leaves. 30 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Worming. Several small marginal tears. Inscriptions. Old binding, front side damaged and disconnected.
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah. Thessaloniki, [1757].
[1], 144 leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Worming, affecting text. Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.
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Responsa Noda BiYehudah, Mahadura Kama, Parts I and II, by R. Yechezkel HaLevi Segal Landau, Rabbi of Prague. Prague: Moses Katz, under the management of his grandson Israel Jiteles, by R. Zerach Eidelitz, [1776-1777]. First edition, printed in the author's lifetime. Two parts in one volume, with divisional title page for Part II.
The book was printed in stages, beginning in Adar 1776 and ending in Tevet 1777.
Many ownership inscriptions to title pages of Part I and of Part II.
[2], 86, [9] leaves; [1], 157 leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Varying condition of leaves; most leaves in good-fair condition, first and last leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears, including small open tears to several leaves. Light worming. Inner margins of first leaves and last leaf repaired with paper. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Seven books on the Torah and various other matters from Amsterdam presses, 1659-1840.
7 books. Varying size and condition. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Responsa Chatam Sofer, first editions:
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Yoreh Deah, by R. Moshe Sofer. Pressburg, 1841. First edition.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Orach Chaim, Pressburg, 1855. First edition. Variant of first edition. Different copies of this edition are printed with an identical year, but with different pagination and letters on title page.
On title page, signature of R. "Paltiel Shimon HaLevi Landau" (grandson of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk).
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Even HaEzer, Parts I and II. Pressburg, 1858-1859. First edition. Two volumes.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Choshen Mishpat. Vienna, [1862]. First edition.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Part VI. Vienna, 1864. First edition.
6 volumes. Varying size. Overall good condition. Inscriptions and stamps. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Eight books by R. Yaakov Ettlinger of Altona, the Aruch LaNer, mostly first editions:
• Aruch LaNer on tractate Yevamot. Altona, [1850]. First edition. Stamps of R. Eliyahu Romm, a Jerusalem rabbi. Open tears to title page.
• Aruch LaNer, on tractates Makkot and Kereitot. Altona, [1855]. First edition.
• Itur Bikurim – Aruch LaNer on tractate Sukkah. Altona, [1858]. First edition.
Ownership inscription on endpaper by "Pinchas son of R. Mordechai Michael Kohen" [R. Pinchas Kohen (1867-1942), rabbi of the Mannheim Kloiz and Rabbi of the Ansbach region].
• Bikurei Yaakov, on laws of Sukkah and Lulav. Altona, [1858]. Second edition, with Tosefet Bikurim.
• Aruch LaNer on tractate Niddah. Altona, [1864]. First edition.
• Binyan Tzion, responsa on the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch and discussion of contemporary issues. Altona, [1868]. First edition.
• Aruch LaNer, on tractates Rosh Hashanah and Sanhedrin. Warsaw, 1873. First edition. Ownership inscriptions and stamp of R. Eliyahu Romm, a Jerusalem rabbi.
• Minchat Ani, on the Torah. Altona, [1873]. First edition. Signature on front endpaper: "Isaac B. Ettlinger".
8 books. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Chiddushei Rabbenu Chaim HaLevi on the Rambam, by R. Chaim HaLevi Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk. Brisk, 1936. First edition.
Famed book of R. Chaim of Brisk, printed by his son, R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, some 18 years after the death of the author, who passed away in 1918. This book is R. Chaim's magnum opus, and a promise of its future publication was inscribed on his tombstone. The book was highly praised by R. Yechezkel Abramsky, R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz and others.
[3], 3-112 leaves. 33.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Original binding, worn, missing spine (original endpapers disconnected).
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