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Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects
Rambam – Berditchev, 1808-1809 – Two Parts – Copies of Rabbi Moshe of Pikov (Grandson of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev) and His Descendants / Another Volume of Berditchev 1818 Edition
Opening: $300
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Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, Parts III-IV. Berditchev: Shmuel son of Yissachar Ber Segal, [1808-1809]. Two of four volumes of the first edition of Mishneh Torah to be printed in Berditchev.
Distinguished copies of R. Moshe of Pikov (Pykiv), grandson of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, bequeathed from generation to generation of his descendants: his granddaughter Rebbetzin Rachel Polonski (of Kalnybolota) and her son R. Mordechai Yisrael Polonski, a descendant of R. Pinchas of Korets.
On the title pages of both volumes is a handwritten ownership inscription [approximately contemporaneous with printing]: "R. Moshe of Pikov". This copy apparently belonged to R. Moshe of Pikov – R. Moshe Yehoshua Derbaremdiker (1784-1857), son of R. Yisrael of Pikov, son of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. R. Moshe served as rabbi and rebbe in Pikov, succeeding his father (d. 1818).
Next to R. Moshe of Pikov's ownership inscription in both volumes is another handwritten inscription (truncated at end):
"Rachel daughter of the Rabbi of Kodeń", apparently Rebbetzin Rachel Polonski (of Kalnybolota), granddaughter of R. Moshe of Pikov, wife of R. David Shmuel Polonski (grandson of R. Aharon Polonski, Rabbi of Kalnybolota, Kiev governorate, grandson of R. Pinchas of Korets). In both volumes, stamps: R.
"Mordechai Yisrael Polonski" – son of Rachel and R. David Shmuel, Relatives of the Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polonsky, Rabbi of Tepłyk.
"Rachel daughter of the Rabbi of Kodeń", apparently Rebbetzin Rachel Polonski (of Kalnybolota), granddaughter of R. Moshe of Pikov, wife of R. David Shmuel Polonski (grandson of R. Aharon Polonski, Rabbi of Kalnybolota, Kiev governorate, grandson of R. Pinchas of Korets). In both volumes, stamps: R.
"Mordechai Yisrael Polonski" – son of Rachel and R. David Shmuel, Relatives of the Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polonsky, Rabbi of Tepłyk.
Enclosed: Part I of Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, from the Berditchev 1818-1819 edition, printed by R. Yisrael Bak (with his printer's device in center of title page). Second edition to be printed in Berditchev.
Three volumes. Part I: [7], 278 leaves. Misordered and varying pagination. Part III: [2], 150, 153-389, [1] leaves. Lacking leaves 151-152. Part IV: [2], 310 leaves. 36.5 cm. Partially bluish paper in first volume. Condition Varies, fair to fair-good. Stains, including dampstains. Worming in many places, affecting text in third and fourth part. Tears and open tears, affecting text of several leaves. Close trimming, affecting text of several leaves. New fabric bindings, uniform.