Auction 45
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jun 3, 2015
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Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 214:
"Ohel Avraham" - List of Books in the Collection of Avraham Merzbacher - Munich, 1888
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Ohel Avraham, list of books collected by the outstanding Rabbi Avraham Merzbacher, edited by Raphael Nata Rabbinovicz. Munich, 1888.
List of 156 manuscripts and 4332 books in the collection of Avraham Merzbacher, Jewish banker and collector. Among the manuscripts in the collection is the finely illuminated manuscript of "Mishne Torah" by Maimonidas on parchment (Italy, 15th century), presently jointly owned by the Israel Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 6, 16, 196 pp, 23 cm. Body of book in good condition. Binding damaged and detached. Ex-library copy.
