Likutei Shoshanim [Catalogue of the library of Mattisyahu Straschun]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $650

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T. Itzkowsky

Place

Berlin

Publication

1889

Description

5,753 entries

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Shunami 412

summary

Catalogue of the celebrated Straschun Collection in Vilna. Straschun (1817-85) was a significant figure of the Haskalah in Vilna - in the Orthodox mold. His library of rabbinical and other works, often spoken of as the largest library of Jewish learning in the world and which he donated to the community, became an important landmark in Vilna. Following the war, a surviving portion was transferred to the YIVO Institute in New York as well as to Heichal Shlomo in Jerusalem (since dispersed)

pp. iv, 304. Few notations in pencil. Modern calf-backed boards. 8vo

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