Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Shir HaShirim, with Aramaic Targum and Sharh – Judeo-Arabic translation of the Aramaic Targum. Jerusalem: Sh. Zuckerman and partners, 1885.
52 leaves. Approx. 16 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 531.
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Printed booklet, Igeret Pitron Ki[!] Kamocha. The piyyut Mi Kamocha, translated into Judeo-Arabic. Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman and partners, [1885].
Signatures on title page in Hebrew and Latin characters.
12 leaves. 16.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears, affecting text in several places (on title page, tear repaired with tape). New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 488.
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Qussit Al-Zanzaliyah, lamentation for an earthquake that took place in Aleppo in 1822, to be recited on Tishah BeAv. Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman and his partners, [1885].
The Aleppo earthquake in Av of 1822 caused the deaths of tens of thousands and destroyed much of the city, including much of the Jewish community (by one account, approximately 600 Jews were killed). Many Jewish families left the city for Damascus.
On last leaf – illustration of the Western Wall and Cave of Machpelah.
4 leaves. 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Marginal tears. New leather binding.
Rare booklet. Not documented in Sh. Halevy or in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Techinah Keriat HaTorah – techinot for Shabbat, based on the order of the Torah portions, by R. Yisrael Goldberger of Ivnytsia. Jerusalem: Avraham Moshe Luntz, 1885. Yiddish.
Each page contains a techinah relating to the content of one Torah portion.
R. Yisrael Goldberger of Ivnytsia authored various techinot in Yiddish.
26 leaves. 16.5 cm. Dry paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears, including marginal open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text of several leaves, partly repaired with paper filling. New binding, with parchment spine.
Sh. Halevy, no. 537.
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Shaarei Dimah, with Yiddish translation, prayers and bakashot for the Western Wall and gravesites of tzaddikim by R. Shmuel, Rabbi of Dolhynov (Dawhinava) and Ilya. Jerusalem: Shmuel Zuckerman and partners, 1885.
56 leaves. 16-16.5 cm (uneven trimming). Dry, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears, affecting text, including open tears to title page, affecting title frame and text on verso, repaired with paper filling. Light worming, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
A monolingual Hebrew edition was printed the same year (see next lot).
Sh. Halevy, no. 533.
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Shaarei Dimah, prayers and bakashot for the Western Wall and gravesites of tzaddikim by R. Shmuel, Rabbi of Dolhynov (Dawhinava) and Ilya. Jerusalem: Avraham Moshe Luntz, 1885.
Original printed orange front and back wrapper, with bibliographical descriptions of the present edition as compared to previous editions of the book, and of Avraham Moshe Luntz's new printing press, in Hebrew and Ladino.
Original elegant leather binding, with engraving on front of owner's name and his signature on title page, and another signature on endpaper.
[1], 40, [1] leaves. Includes original orange printed wrapper. Good condition. Stains. Stains and light damage to wrapper. Worming in one place on front wrapper. Original leather binding. Wear and damage to binding.
A bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish edition was printed the same year (see previous lot).
Sh. Halevy, no. 534 (she does not record the wrapper).
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Techinot and prayers for holy sites. Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman and partners, 1887. Yiddish.
Techinot in Yiddish, with Hebrew words, to be recited at holy sites.
16 leaves. 17.5 cm. Uneven trimming. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears, slightly affecting text. Worming. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 606.
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Calendar for year 5637 (1877) with festivals, fast days, moladot, tekufot, summary of customs, and Ir David, by R. David Kohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: Agan and Yitzchak Gościnny, [1876].
Page 1 after title page printed in gilt ink, with a printed new year blessing to be filled out by hand, and a stamp of R. David HaKohen of Vilna, author of Ir David.
Ir David is comprised of sentences which all have the numerical value of the year 5637.
[24] leaves. Some leaves may be bound out of place. Two leaves evidently bound backwards (the verso appearing before the recto). 17.5 cm. Especially brittle and dry paper. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears and open tears. Title page and other leaves at beginning of book detached. Stamps. Old cardboard binding, torn.
Last eight leaves of the book printed in a different typeface and order and on different paper than first leaves of book (apparently printed at another press).
Rare. Sh. Halevy, no. 272 records a partial copy with only [11] leaves, based on the Jews' College Library copy in London. The present copy is complete.
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Ir David, comprising an enumeration of all negative and positive commandments, and various laws, by R. David Kohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: R. Y. D. Frumkin, 1887.
Comprised of sentences with the numerical value of the year of printing, 5747 (1887).
8; 96 pages. 16.5 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, bordering title frame, and another small tear at top, repaired with paper. Light worming. Title page and several other pages faded. New leather binding.
R. David Kohen printed several similar books in the 1870s-1880s comprised of sentences with the numerical value of the year.
Sh. Halevy, no. 595.
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153-year calendar for years 5648-5800 (1888-2040). Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman and partner, [1888].
Title page printed in gold and blue, with illustrations of the Western Wall and the Tomb of Rachel.
[4] pages (double leaf). Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Tears, including small open tears and damage to margins, slightly affecting text in several places (mainly to last page). Unbound (placed in a new case).
Not recorded by Sh. Halevy.
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Sod Yesharim, "a hundred Segulot… cures, wonders and amazing things" by R. Yehudah Aryeh of Modena. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1880?].
Advice, Segulot and cures, also including various magical acts. First printed in Venice, 1595, along with fifty riddles, not included in this edition. Author's name alluded to only in initials appearing on the title page (his authorship is confirmed in his autobiography).
24 pages. 12.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Close trimming, slightly affecting text of several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 349.
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Order of gleaning, offering and counting the Omer, with holy sites and a song for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, [ca. 1880].
Incorporates images of holy sites in Eretz Israel throughout.
[8] leaves. Approx. 12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Old paper wrapper, with nylon binding.
Rare booklet. Undocumented by Sh. Halevy. Documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy from a private collection.
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