Otzroth Chaim

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Otzroth Chaim

FIRST EDITION. German title-page and introduction. The AZRIEL HILDESHEIMER copy wih his signature on the title-page pp. 14, 378. Later calf-backed boards. 8vo Vinograd, Hamburg 161 (fails to note the 14-page German introduction)

Hamburg: J. J. Halberstadt 1848

Est: $500 - $700

Comprehensive catalogue of the Library of Chaim Michael (Heimann Joseph Michael), edited with an index, additions and excerpts by Steinschneider, plus an introduction by Zunz. The manuscripts of this collection were ultimately acquired by the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the printed books went to the British Museum