Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Eleh HaMitzvot, by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz – Wandsbek, 1727 – Elaborate Leather Binding
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Sold for: $250
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Eleh HaMitzvot, 613 commandments according to the order of the Torah portions, with a short commentary, by R. Moshe Chagiz. [Wandsbek: Yisrael son of Avraham, 1727]. Second edition.
Particularly elaborate binding, with many gilt decorations and inscription of owner's name: "Shlomo Shaul, 5632 [1872]".
[29], 6, [13]-114, 121-174, 181-219 leaves. Lacking 22 leaves: [3] leaves at beginning of book, including two title pages, and leaves 7-12, 115-120, 175-180, and [1] leaf at end of book. Approx. 13 cm. Gilt edges, decorated. Interior of book in fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears, affecting text in several places, partially repaired with paper. Binding in good condition. Light wear to binding. Placed in cardboard case.
CB, no. 6447, 8; Zedner, p. 172.
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries