Sepher Eliah Mizrachi al HaTorah

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHASSIDISM)

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Itzik b. Leib

Place

Fürth

Publication

1763

Description

Copy formerly in the posession of THE REBBES OF GER: R. ARYEH LEIB ALTER (THE SEFATH EMETH) AND HIS SON, R. ABRAHAM MORDECAI ALTER, (tHE IMREI EMETH)

references

Vinograd, Fürth 292

summary

The copy of the Sefath Emeth with his signature on the titlepage “HaK[atan] Aryeh Leib.” His eldest son, the future Gerer Rebbe, already a dedicated bibliophle, also signs his name “HaChathan Abraham Mordecai Alter, the son of the Rabbi...” and writes that he purchased the book from his father. Also contains the stamp of M.Ch. Kaminer of Kielce, who was related to the father-in-law of the Sefath Emeth, R. Yudel Kaminer

Worn. Title page loose and encased in plastic. Contemporary boards, rubbed. Folio

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