Auction 3 Special and Rare Items
Jun 18, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 22 HaNassi HaShishi St, Jerusalem
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LOT 29:

Collection of Chumashim – Slavita and Zhitomir Printing Presses

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Chumash Shemot – Slavita, 1818 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira. "With the translation of Onkelos and of Yonatan Ben Uziel and a Jerusalemite translation and their commentary and the commentary of Rashi and Or Ha'Chaim…". Includes the scroll of Esther with the Shani commentary and the Patshegen Ha'Ketav commentary, 217, 51 leaves. Condition: Good-Fair. New decorated bindings, slightly detached. The title page is restored. The two last leaves have been complete by photocopy. Time stains. Natural wear. Slight tears.
Chumash Devarim – Slavita, 1824 – printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, the son of the Rabbi of Slavita. "With the translation of Onkelos and of Yonatan Ben Uziel and a Jerusalemite translation and their commentary and the commentary of Rashi and Or Ha'Chaim…". Includes the scroll of Eicha. 132, 26 leaves. Condition: Fair. Part of the title page is in red ink. Some of the leaves were printed on bluish paper. Detached binding. Detached leaves. Leaves 57-59 are missing. A few moth holes. Natural wear. Time stains. Slight tears.
Chumash Vayikra – Slavita, 1832 - printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, the son of the Rabbi of Slavita. Two long glosses, most likely citations from Sefer Ha'Brit. Faded rabbinical ownership inscriptions. Stamp of "Yisrael Dov Schneersohn of Safed". Condition: fair. Lacking its binding, the title page and the first leaves – begins on leaf 7. The last six leaves are detached. Folding marks. Dampness stains. Moth holes. Natural wear. Time stains.
Chumash Bamidbar – Zhitomir – begins with leaf 10 and ends with leaf 153. Condition: Fair-Bad. Missing binding, title page and the first nine leaves. Leaf 10 is torn with omission. Time stains. Natural wear. A few moth holes. The two last leaves are worn.
Chumash Bereshit – Slavita – lacking copy – begins with leaf 3 and ends with leaf 241. Condition: Fair-Bad. Missing title page and back binding. The front binding is detached. Tears and stains. Moth holes.
Chumash Devarim – Slavita, 1811 – lacking copy. Begins with leaf 2 and ends with leaf 166, 30 (originally, 32) leaves. With the scroll of Eicha at its end. Some of the leaves were printed on bluish paper. Condition: Good-Fair. Detached binding. Missing spine and title page. the book is divided into two parts. Time stains. Natural wear. Moth holes.
Chumash Vayikra – Zhitomir – Lacking copy. Begins with leaf 2 and ends with leaf 142. Condition: Fair-Bad. Missing title page and some of its last leaves. Leaf 2 is worn. Signs of dampness. Stains and a few moth holes.

A copy suitable for completions.
Condition: Varying as described above.

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