Shlomo Chelma. Mirkeveth HaMishnah, part III [commentary to Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah]

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

Back to Catalogue Download Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/322

Next Lot>

Lot 123

(AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID).

Shlomo Chelma. Mirkeveth HaMishnah, part III [commentary to Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah]

<<THE CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID AZULAI (THE CHID”A) COPY, with his signature>> twice, on title-page, one Sephardic-interwoven and one more familiar style. ff. 217, 122 (1). Slight staining in places. Modern calf. Folio.

Salonica : Mordechai Nachman 1782

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

R. Chaim Yoseph David Azulai (the Chid’a, 1724-1806) is regarded to have been the greatest Sephardic sage of the modern era.