Haskamoth...[prospectus]

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 193

(MENDELOVITZ, SHNEUR ZALMAN)

Haskamoth...[prospectus]

Specimen of Talmudic novellae, with list of of prominent Rabbis lending support and approval for publication 4pp. Expert paper repairs. Unbound. Folio Unknown to Friedberg

Berlin: Rosenthal & Company 1864

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

Issued to garner publicity and thus funding in order to publish the writings of Mendelovitz’s grand-father, Aryeh Leib Charif. Mendelovitz, a member of the Chabad Community of Hebron was ultimately successful and the work “Kol Aryeh” was published by Israel Bak in Jerusalem in 1866. (See Kestenbaum & Company, 3rd March 1998, Lot 149)