Auction 90 · Lot 207
Divrei Shir.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
JATKOWSKI, SHLOMO ZALMAN ARYEH LEIB.
Place
Kalvaria
Publication
1868
Description
Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a beautiful square and rabbinic hand on paper.
summary
This work is dedicated to the author’s brother who moved to America. The first two poems are dedicated to R. Yehuda Leib Ginzburg, Rabbi of Lazdei, who encouraged the talented young poet to continue his work. It contains fifteen poems on various topics. The poems written to his brother pertain to life in America. Other poems refer to R. Moshe Chaim Luzatto and to the Haskalah poets Naphtali Herz Wessely, and Adam Hacohen Levinson. All written in an especially clear attractive script.
According to Beryl Kagan, Shtet, Shtetlach…in Lita (1991) p. 241, R. Yehuda Leib Ginzburg published an article in HaLevanon and was a member of the Mekitzei Nirdamim Publication Society.
ff. 30. Ex-library, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary calf-backed boards. 12mo.
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