Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects
Birkat Eliyahu (Aleppo) – Livorno, 1793 – Signatures and Glosses- Inscription by the Emissary Yosef Al-Sharabi of Yemen, 1836
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Birkat Eliyahu, sermons on the Torah portions by R. Eliyahu Dweck HaKohen of Aleppo. Livorno: Yaakov Nunez-Vaez and Refael Meldola, [1793].
On title page – inscriptions and signatures (calligraphic) of "Yaakov son of R. Mordechai" (in one place – over an old signature – "I purchased it in Kashan"), and signature of "Yehudah son of R. Azariah", dated 1820. On second leaf, self-dedication (somewhat truncated) from 1836, of "the emissary Yosef son of R. Saadiah son of R.[---] Al-Sharabi of Yemen. I purchased this… while in exile on my mission… from R. Yehudah for five francs…", with a calligraphic signature at the end of the dedication, which is then followed by the ownership inscription and signature of the new owner – the same R. Yaakov son of R. Mordechai. Additional signature of the latter on leaf 1.
Glosses, some lengthy (some trimmed or damaged), by several writers, signed with their names and initials.
[2], 67; 110 leaves. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and wear. Open tears to title page and several leaves, affecting text and glosses. Inscriptions. Stamp. Old binding, with light damage.