(“The Dubno Maggid.”) Kol Ya’akov [homilies to the five Megiloth]. Edited by the author’s son.
AUCTION 70 |
Thursday, September 22nd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 278
KRANZ, JACOB.
(“The Dubno Maggid.”) Kol Ya’akov [homilies to the five Megiloth]. Edited by the author’s son.
Warsaw: H. Nossonowicz 1819
Est: $400 - $600
This edition contains approbations excluded from later editions, including those by R. Akiva Eger of Posen, R. Jacob of Lissa, R. Tzvi Hirsch David Segal of Cracow and R. Aryeh Leib Katzenellenbogen of Brisk. ff. 130 -138 contains a eulogy by the author’s son R. Yitzchak for Yisrael Tzenzimmer, chairman of the Chevra Kadisha of Warsaw. Also includes a letter of thanks endorsed by the Gabbaim. In later editions, the person for whom the eulogy was said, and the letter of thanks is not mentioned.