Booklist of Shmuel Zanvill Segel (Samuel Levy) of Balbronn. Written by Itzig ben Yaakov of Amalsdorf, Friday, 22 Teveth, 5513 ( 29 December 1752).

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Lot 273

(FRENCH-JUDAICA)

Booklist of Shmuel Zanvill Segel (Samuel Levy) of Balbronn. Written by Itzig ben Yaakov of Amalsdorf, Friday, 22 Teveth, 5513 ( 29 December 1752).

Brown ink on paper in an Aschkenazic semi-cursive Hebrew hand. Vertically ruled in pencil. 14 leaves. Marginal fraying and minor tears, dampstains affecting some text. +3 loose leaves, asst. family related texts.

1752

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Shmuel Zanvill Segel (Samuel Levy) of Balbronn (1711-1802) was a prominent Jewish merchant from Alsace. This inventory of the printed volumes in his well-stocked library is neatly arranged in alphabetical order. Each entry records the title of the book, the number of volumes and/or copies, the place of printing and the book’s size. Running to nearly 300 volumes, printed in some twenty cities, Shmuel’s library ranged from early and scarce imprints from Venice and Constantinople to more contemporary offerings from the nearby presses of Northern Europe. (Further details accompanies the lot). See Jean Daltroff, Samuel Levy de Balbronn: Un riche prêteur d'argent juif de Basse-Alsace au dernier siècle de l'Ancien Régime in: Revue des Études Juives, Vol. 148 Issue: 1-2 (1989) pp. 53-68.