ALFANDARI, ELIAHU. Seder Eliahu Raba Ve-Zutah [on the laws of agunoth and responsa concerning Even Ha-Ezer]

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ALFANDARI, ELIAHU. Seder Eliahu Raba Ve-Zutah [on the laws of agunoth and responsa concerning Even Ha-Ezer]

FIRST EDITION. Title within elaborate architectural border. Presentation copy with a 7-line inscription (dated 1773) in an exquisite Ashkenazic hand from R. Saul Segal of the Hague to Eliahu Norden “ben ha-Katzin ha-Mefursam (the famous wealthy leader), ha-Torani ha-Mushlam (the complete scholar), Parness u-Manhig...kvod ...R. Yehudah Leb Norden” presented upon his wedding. Elaborately gilt-tooled calf, upper cover inscribed ff. [2], 132, 69, [1]. Folio Vinograd, Const. 406; Yaari Const. 297

Constantinople: Yonah b. Yaakov 1719

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

The Norden Family were influential industrialists and scholars who served as Parnassim in Amsterdam and London. Their wealth stemmed from trade in the West Indies. Leib Norden was Jacob Emden’s primary financial backer and supporter (see J. Emden, Megillath Sepher pp.146-47, M. J. Cohen, Jacob Emden, p. 67). Norden later supported the appointment of Emden’s son, R. Meshulam Zalman, as Rabbi of the Hambro Synagogue in London (see D. Kaufmann, “Rabbi Zevi Ashkenazi and His Family in London”, JHSE Transactions, vol. III, pp.102-125, especially p.120-12 and n. 80-83)