Luchoth HaBrith. <<*>> Sepher HaRefu’oth VehaSeguloth.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 220
WOLFOWITZ, YESHAIAH FEIVEL.

Luchoth HaBrith. <<*>> Sepher HaRefu’oth VehaSeguloth.

Manuscript in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian composed in a neat hand. Titles within artistic borders, with further designs in blue and purple. From the library of Haim Liberman. ff. 23 (the author states on f. 14 that he removed f. 13]. Contemporary boards with papercut design on upper cover. 8vo.

Swerzno: 16th Iyar 1875

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Instructions on composing a calendar from 1875-1940; remedies and amulets; plus recipes for making preserves and various beverages. The second portion is a fascinating compendium of 108 Kabbalistic charms and folk remedies for various maladies, ranging from difficulty in falling asleep, memory loss, bedwetting, infertility, difficulty in childbirth, loveless marriages, baldness, escape from prison, creating a Golem. The final segulah (no. 108 on f. 16b) is in the name of the Baal Shem Tov, for mothers whose children died in their youth.