Amtachath Binyamin [encyclopedia of halachic concepts]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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ARVATZ, RAPHAEL BINYAMIN

Amtachath Binyamin [encyclopedia of halachic concepts]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Sephardic hand on paper. Two decorated title pages. ff. 259. Variously worn and stained, several leaves frayed, taped repairs with some marginal loss in places, Contemporary boards, Folio.

Jerusalem: 1831

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $11,000

<<Unpublished manuscript>> written and edited by the author’s son, R. Shmuel Yehuda Arvatz. An encyclopedia of halachic concepts prepared alphabetically, this volume contains the letters Aleph through Mem. The second and concluding volume, written by the same scribe in 1834, is presently found in the Benayahu Collection, Jerusalem (no. G23