(The Würzburger Rov). Melecheth Shamayim [laws of STa”M (Torah calligraphy)].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

BAMBERGER, YITZCHAK DOV HALEVI.

printer

Samuel and Judah Bonn

Place

Altona

Publication

1853

Description

First Edition. With approbation by the Aruch LaNer. Signatures and inscriptions of the appropriately-named Ya’akov HaSopher of Chaslavitch (the Russian town where Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik spent his childhood).

references

Vinograd, Altona 271.

summary

Also known as R. Seligmann Baer, Rabbi Bamberger (1807-78) was one of the outstanding rabbinic leaders of German Orthodoxy and author of many halachic works. He opposed the secessionist policies of R. Samson Raphael Hirsch.

ff. (2), 84. Lightly browned. Contemporary boards. 4to.

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