ASHER BEN YECHIEL (RO”Sh). Pi Shnayim [commentary to Seder Zeraim]. With additional material by the editor Elisha ben Abraham of Horodna

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 80
(BRESLAU, ARYEH LEIB)

ASHER BEN YECHIEL (RO”Sh). Pi Shnayim [commentary to Seder Zeraim]. With additional material by the editor Elisha ben Abraham of Horodna

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY from R. Aryeh Leib Breslau as a wedding gift to Isaac ben Chaim Hakohen of Amsterdam dated 1784. N.H. Van Biema plate ff. (10), 8, (4), 9-12, 76, 101-108. Light bowning. Contemporary half calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Altona 21

Altona: A. Katz 1735

Est: $3,000 - $5,000
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809) served first as Rabbi of Emden, Holland and later of Rotterdam (from 1781). See portrait in M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1971), p. 230. See also Lot 6