SHIMON BEN JACOB ABRAHAM OF COPENHAGEN. Sippur Bechi Naharoth

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Lot 103

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SHIMON BEN JACOB ABRAHAM OF COPENHAGEN. Sippur Bechi Naharoth

FIRST EDITION. Printer's device of priestly hands on title, f.6r. and f.21r ff. 22. With signature on the title: Meir Hackenbruck of Deitz near Cologne and five manuscript pages written in Judeo-German in the same Aschkenazic hand on blanks (see below). Slight staining. Morocco-backed boards. 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 2136; Roest, Yodea Sepher 281

Amsterdam: Widow and Orphans Proops 1784

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

The author, R. (Aaron) Shimon of Copenhagen, was the son-in-law of R. Yehudah Miller of Bonn and a significant protagonist during the Cleves Get controversy. Here he provides a detailed narrative of the severe ice-storms that occurred in the area of Westphalia. When the snows melted in the early Spring, the River Rhine subsequently broke its banks and residents of surrounding communities fled to higher ground. R. Aaron records the special prayers composed by the rabbis in Bonn and Cologne and the mass feelings of spiritual succor. The manuscript leaves contain further historical details about the 1784 flood, especially in the town of Deitz, and similar occurrences in later years