Auction 65 · Lot 28
(Derashoth).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $7,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
GAGUINE, CHAIM ABRAHAM.
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
(1828-33)
Description
Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew, written in cursive Sephardic hand on paper.
summary
A collection of sermons including eulogies, on the birth of children and the weekly Torah portion. Portions were published in the author’s work Chaim MeYerushalayim (Jerusalem, 1882).
Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gaguine (1787-1848) of Jerusalem was the first Chief Rabbi to bear the official title “Haham Bashi” through a royal firman by Sultan Abdul Mejid. He stemmed from a distinguished rabbinic family of Castilian origin by way of Morocco. See Frumkin-Rivlin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, pt. 3, pp. 276-78.
ff. (90). Closely shaved, stained in places. Contemporary calf, covers loose. 4to.
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