(Be'er Sheva). Parts Five-Seven only.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

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

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Lot 305

(SAMUEL ISSACHAR?)

(Be'er Sheva). Parts Five-Seven only.

Yiddish manuscript written on paper in a cursive Ashkenazi script. Three title-pages written in triangular forms. Signature of early owner (Lemli ben David) ff. 44, 21, 30. Stained, some marginal loss with text replaced. Contemporary vellum-backed boards, worn. Folio

(Germany?): 1820

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

A seeminly unpublished rabbinic work of Biblical history, focusing upon the characteristics of exile, repentance and Redemption. Contains a tract discussing the World to Come and the resurrection of the dead based upon Talmudic and Midrashic sources. Also includes moral exhortations relating to specific sins. The manuscript is the second half of a text containing seven parts, originally bound in two volumes. The title and author have been identified based upon a notation of a former owner.