Mishloach Manoth
AUCTION 44 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 122
GORDON, YEKUTHIEL
Mishloach Manoth
Vienna : 1879
Est: $120 - $180
PRICE REALIZED $130
An ingenious poetic rendering of Megilath Esther as alluded to in the five letters of the Hebrew word "Megillah," read both forwards and backwards. Text based upon a manuscript penned by Moses Chaim Luzzatto's (Ramcha”l) prime disciple R. Yekuthiel Gordon, the medical physican of the Lithuanian town of Brisk. See JE, Vol. VII, p. 92