Ya’aroth Devash [sermons and eulogies]. Two volumes

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 161

EYBESCHUETZ, JONATHAN

Ya’aroth Devash [sermons and eulogies]. Two volumes

First Edition Vol. I: ff. (4), 116. Vol. II: (4), 116. Both volumes browned, with stamps of former owners. Contemporary boards, worn. 4to Vinograd, Karlsruhe 16, 18

Karlsruhe: Makilat 1779-82

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Posthumously published by his nephew, this work reflects R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz's deep spiritual passion and astounding rabbinic scholarship. His oratorical skills and charismatic, ethical personality are self-evident in this work which has been republished in dozens of editions to this day. With approbations of Rabbis: Aryeh Leib [Guenzburg], author Sha’agath Aryeh (Eybeschuetz's successor in the Metz rabbinate); Benjamin Wolff of Bouxwiller (Alsace); et al