Auction 67 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sep 18, 2019 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 165:

Sefer Zechira - Segulot - Zhitomir, 1854 - Rare Edition

Sold for: $500
Start price:
$ 300
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Sefer Zechira and segulot, by R. Zecharya Simner. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1854.
Ownership inscription on endpaper: "This Sefer Zechira belongs to the renowned R. Meir Yehuda Sapira, of the natives of Kamenitz Litovski who reside in Brisk D'Lita".
58 leaves. Lacking final two leaves. 14 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dark dampstains to some leaves. Damage, tears and worming to title page, affecting border (leaf repaired and mounted on paper for reinforcement). Endpapers torn and detached. Old binding, detached and very damaged.
Rare edition. Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor in the NLI catalog. To the best of our knowledge, it has never before been offered at auction.