Auction 14 · Lot 274

Derech Chaim [on Hebrew language, unusual words and word-games]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

LOWENSTAMM, CHAIM BEN ARYEH LEIB

printer

M. Philippsohn

Place

Dessau

Publication

1812

Description

FIRST EDITION. Three parts in one volume. Opening title within typographic border. Divisional titles

references

Vinograd, Dessau 66

summary

ELEGANT PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed by the Author’s son, Aryeh Leib Lowenstamm of Rotterdam, as a Bar Mitzva gift to his student Chaim van Aalten. Appended to this unique copy are twelve unnumbered leaves, with autograph manuscript Hebrew inscription and dedicatory 60-stanza poem featuring the acrostic: “Aryeh Leib ben Ha’rav Ha’gaon MHR”R Chaim Ish Lowenstamm Ba’al Ha’mechaber Sepher Derech Chaim ZT”L.” Author was the son of Aryeh Leib ben Chaim Breslau, author of the volume of responsa Penei Aryeh (Amsterdam, 1790) The family thereafter adopted the name Lowenstamm (“descendant of the lion”) a reference to the patriach’s name, Aryeh Leib. See EJ, IV cols.1356-7. See also Lot 435

ff.3,(1),123,(2),10,17,44;(12). Few light stains in places. Contemporary crimson gilt-tooled morocco, gilt-extras, a.e.g. spine gilt-tooled with Hebrew title and inscription “Souvenir van L. I. Lowenstam a an H. S. Van Aalten”, gently rubbed at extremities. Sm. 8vo

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