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Ohel Yaakov – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1719 – Original Elaborate Leather Binding, With Inscribed Dedication to Groom Dated 1778
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Ohel Yaakov, novellae on the aggadot by R. Yaakov Kahana Shapiro, Rabbi of Tyczyn. Frankfurt an der Oder: Michel Gottschalk, 1719. Only edition.
Original elaborate leather binding, with many fine gilt decorations, incorporating red leather on both sides of binding, with an inscription on the front binding to a bridegroom, dated 1778.
[2], 78 leaves. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming (especially to first leaves), affecting title frame and text. Abrasion of stamp from paper, slightly affecting text. Original leather binding. Wear and defects to binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries