Auction 8
Manuscripts And rare books
Jun 12, 2019
Israel
Eliyahu Meni 12, Jerusalem
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LOT 17:
Impressive Set of the "Kaf HaChaim" – 8 Volumes – Jerusalem, 1910-1935 – First Edition – Pedigreed Copies – Dozens ...
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Impressive Set of the "Kaf HaChaim" – 8 Volumes – Jerusalem, 1910-1935 – First Edition – Pedigreed Copies – Dozens of Handwritten Glosses
A complete set of the composition "Kaf HaChaim" on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by the genius kabbalist Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sofer.First edition.
Section A: Orach Chaim. [Siman 1-88]. Jerusalem, 1910. [4], 165 leaves. 24cm.
Section B: Orach Chaim. [Siman 89-156]. Jerusalem, 1913. [2], 171 leaves. 24cm.
Section C: Orach Chaim. [Siman 157-241]. Jerusalem, 1915. [2], 190 leaves. 24cm.
Section D: Orach Chaim. [Siman 242-318]. Jerusalem, 1920. [2], 165 leaves. 29cm.
Section E: Orach Chaim. [Siman 319-428]. Jerusalem, 1924. [1], 179, [1] leaves. 27cm.
Section F: Orach Chaim. [Siman 429-494]. Jerusalem, 1928. [2], 165 leaves. 29cm.
Section G: Orach Chaim. [Siman 495-520]. Jerusalem, 1931. [2], 151 leaves. 29cm.
Section H: Orach Chaim. [Siman 521-697]. Jerusalem, 1933. [2], 176 leaves. 29cm.
On the title page of Section A, the signature of the philanthropist
Saliman David Sassoon of Bombay. In Section B, stamps of "Yitzchak Gibli … Jerusalem". An additional stamp of "… Gabai Chatzot Jerusalem" with a foreign language. Hebrew inscription "I have sold them to the synagogue of Sephard members Tzaddok Gibli". In Section C, stamps of the pious philanthropist the kabbalist Rabbi
Nissim Nachum (Hebrew and English). Owner's stamps of the
kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel Shmueli the head of the Nahar Shalom Yeshiva, a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi.
Throughout the book, dozens of handwritten Kabbalistic / Halachic glosses. In Section H, a signature of "R.C. Iraqi".
All the volumes are in good-excellent condition. Some of the sections were printed on dry Jerusalemite paper. New, impressive bindings with inscription. Matching bindings: the size of the bindings of volumes A-C is 25cm. The size of the bindings of volumes D-G is 30cm.
