Kestenbaum & Company

No image is available in the source archive.

Auction 62 · Lot 48

Israel Ben Benjamin of Belzec. Yalkut Chadash [kabbalistic midrashim]

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(CHASSIDISM).

printer

n.p.

Place

Radziwilow (Radvil)

Publication

1814

Description

Printed on green and blue paper.

references

Vinograd, Radziwilow 1; Mehlman 1077; Stefansky, Chassiduth, addendum, p. 75.

summary

The first Hebrew book printed in Radvil (Ukraine). Published by R. Yoseph son of R. Mordechai of Kremnitz. Includes lengthy approbations by R. Mordechai of Kremnitz and R. Ephraim Zalman Margolis. According to Stefansky, the publisher was the son-in-law of the Degel Machneh Ephraim, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkow.
ff. (1), 26, 29-126, 129-146 (i.e. 150). Previous owners’ marks, variously stained, ff. 99-100 torn not affecting text, final two leaves repaired affecting text. Contemporary marbled boards, worn, front cover detached. 4to.
Enquire about this lot
Stay informed

The next discovery, in your inbox.

Auction announcements, catalogues and news from Kestenbaum.