Auction 097 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Posters & Periodicals, Postcards, Maps, Zionism, numismatics.
Jan 31, 2017 (your local time)
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LOT 457:

"Gedulat HaChatam Sofer". Warsaw, 1930. First edition. With [8] portrait plates of the generations of the Sofer family

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"Gedulat HaChatam Sofer". Warsaw, 1930. First edition. With [8] portrait plates of the generations of the Sofer family
* First, rare edition of Gedulat HaChatam Sofer, Yiddish. Printed anonymously. Stories about the Chatam Sofer that were transmitted verbally. [48] pages. The book was printed a number of times, years later; however this Warsaw edition printed by Avraham Kahana press is very uncommon.
The National Library has later editions of this work with a reproduced title page of this edition. This edition is not in its collection.
The book was bound with a number of other uncommon works: Divrei Chaim, Warsaw, [1930], [Not in the National Library], [48] pages. Sefer Beit David, Warsaw, [1930], [48] pages. In Di Letzta Minutaz, Biłgoraj, [1929] [44] pages. Toldot Rabbi Shimon HaPaytan, Warsaw [1924] [32] pages. 13x20 cm.
Old cardboard binding. Fine condition. 
* [8] stiff cardboard plates, 23x14 cm., from the start of the 20th century. Portraits of members of the Sofer family, some illustrations some photos. Pictures of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, two pictures of the Chatam Sofer, two pictures of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer - the Kitav Sofer, picture of Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer, picture of Rabbi Shimon Sofer, and picture of the Beit Medrash in Pressburg.
Very fine condition. 
 

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