Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Levush HaButz VeArgaman and Levush Ir Shushan – Prague, 1609 – Handwritten Glosses – Second Edition, Printed in the Author's Lifetime, With His Additions
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Levush HaButz VeArgaman, on Tur Even HaEzer, and Levush Ir Shushan, on Tur Choshen Mishpat, by R. Mordechai Yoffe. Prague: Moshe son of R. Yosef Betzalel Katz, 1609. Second edition, printed in the author's lifetime, with his additions. Two parts in one volume. Title page of Levush Ir Shushan illustrated with figures. Lacking title page of Levush HaButz VeArgaman.
On leaf 2 of Levush HaButz VeArgaman, in Ashkenazic script: "This is an inheritance from[---] R. Azriel". Further inscriptions on this leaf, in Sephardic script: "Avraham Ezovi" [apparently R. Avraham Ezovi, a rabbi of Salonika]; "Nissim Yehoshu[a] Eliezer son of R. Chaim Yehudah Avraham".
Glosses in early Ashkenazic script, some with short glosses, others with copyings from the Tur, Rama and other halachic authorities.
Levush HaButz VeArgaman: 2-116 leaves. Lacking title page. Levush Ir Shushan: 201, 204-209 leaves. Lacking last leaf. 30.5 cm. Some leaves particularly dark. Fair to fair-poor condition. Many stains, including heavy dampstains and traces of former dampness, with mold stains. Wear (much wear to some leaves). Tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Books of Important Ownership – Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books of Important Ownership – Glosses, Signatures and Dedications