Hafla’ah. Two volumes: Sepher Kethubah. ff.(1), 6, 180, (1), 86. (2). * Sepher HaMikneh. ff.(5), 102, 101-102, 103-256.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

Horowitz, PinCHas

printer

Tzvi Hirsch Shpitz of Pressburg

Place

Offenbach

Publication

1787, 1801

Description

FIRST EDITIONS.

references

Vinograd, Offenbach 114 and 151.

summary

The highly respected scholar and revered sage R. Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), known as the Ba'al Hafla'ah, was famously the Rabbi of Frankfurt from 1771 until his death. He was the brother of R. Shmelke of Nikolsburg (with whom he wrote Shevet Achim) and a contemporary of the great R. Nathan Adler.

Previous owners’ stamps and signatures, lightly stained and wormed in places. Contemporary calf, rubbed and worn. Folio.

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