Auction 62 · Lot 220

Luchoth HaBrith. * Sepher HaRefu’oth VehaSeguloth.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

WOLFOWITZ, YESHAIAH FEIVEL.

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16th Iyar

Place

Swerzno

Publication

1875

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian composed in a neat hand. Titles within artistic borders, with further designs in blue and purple. From the library of Haim Liberman.

summary

Instructions on composing a calendar from 1875-1940; remedies and amulets; plus recipes for making preserves and various beverages. The second portion is a fascinating compendium of 108 Kabbalistic charms and folk remedies for various maladies, ranging from difficulty in falling asleep, memory loss, bedwetting, infertility, difficulty in childbirth, loveless marriages, baldness, escape from prison, creating a Golem. The final segulah (no. 108 on f. 16b) is in the name of the Baal Shem Tov, for mothers whose children died in their youth.

ff. 23 (the author states on f. 14 that he removed f. 13]. Contemporary boards with papercut design on upper cover. 8vo.

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