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Aharon Azriel. Kaphei Aharon [responsa]. Vol. II. ff. (2), 171. Bound with (as issued): Bnei Yoseph. ff. 20.

Auction 94 · Lot 468

Aharon Azriel. Kaphei Aharon [responsa]. Vol. II. ff. (2), 171. Bound with (as issued): Bnei Yoseph. ff. 20.

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$400

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

author

(UZIEL, YOSEF RAFAEL).

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1886

Description

A special, bibliophilic copy printed with extra wide margins. Specially bound for Dayan Yosef Raphael Uziel (see below). Original green calf tooled in gilt, including Hebrew name: “R. Yoseph Raphael Uziel.”

references

Halevy 553.

summary

R. Yoseph Raphael Uziel (1821-94) was Av Beth Din of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem. His son, Rav Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), rose to become Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, and after 1948, occupied the same position in the newly-formed State of Israel.
Ex-library. Tall folio. Slip-case.
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