Yad Dovid [novellae to Tractate Kethuvoth].

Estimate: $10,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $10,000

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

author

SINZHEIM, JOSEPH DAVID BEN ISAAC.

Place

France

Publication

late 18th century

Description

Autograph Hebrew Manuscript on paper in a cursive Aschkenazic hand.

summary

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg, Joseph David Sinzheim (1745-1812) was the senior and most learned member of the Assembly of Notables convened by Napoleon in 1806. Thereafter, Sinzheim was appointed president (Nasi) of the famed Grand Sanhedrin of Paris, a testament to his eminence as a Halachic authority - recognized as such even by Napoleon himself.

ff. 100 excluding blanks, opening leaf loose. Modern calf. Folio.

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