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(CHASSIDISM).

Auction 43 · Lot 74

(CHASSIDISM).

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$900

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

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Immanuel Benveniste

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1655

Description

(TEITELBAUM, JOEL. Grand Rabbi of Satmar 1887-1979). Mosaf Ha-Aruch [A supplement of linguistic entries by the reknowned physician and philologist Benjamin Mussafia to the Aruch of R. Nathan b, Yechiel with new explanations to the Latin and Greek words cited in the Aruch.]

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 220

summary

A note attached to this volume states that the title-page had carried Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum’s signature but was "torn by an earlier owner who was a sworn Mizrachi-ite." This tear has since been repaired and a trace of the Rebbe's signature still remains.
ff. 2,193. Slight worming repaired. Later calf-backed boards. Folio
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