Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
Contact auction house
Feb 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
Terms of sale
View demo
The auction has ended
|
LOT 47:
(PINKAS).
|
|
|
Lot was removed from auction
Start price:
$
1,000
Estimated price :
$1,500 - $2,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
|
(PINKAS).
<<(Mikulash / Liptószentmiklós, Hungary).>> Sepher Zichronoth - Hazkara und Legaten-Buch [Memorial Book]. Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a variety of square calligraphic hands on paper.
The remarkable title-page of this volume, composed in striking red and black, features a skillfully draw watchful eye at top. The artist, Isaac Levin, composed many handsome entries here which carry his signature. Each entry is on a dedicated page bearing the title Keren Kayemet (‘the principal endures’ see Mishnah Pe’ah 1:1). These pages list the name of the deceased member of the community, the donations they bequeathed, and related biographical information. After the initial section, there appears another, this time by a scribe who signs simply as “Schorr.” These entries are of a different artistic class, but have a charm to them. Finally, a third group of entries are signed by the scribe David Klaubauf and these are quite bold and striking in appearance. After this are a series of unsigned entries that are of a variety and degrees of professionalism.
pp. 122 (excluding blanks). Light wear. Original boards, covers titled in gilt, rubbed. Folio.
Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus (today, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia): 1901-20’s
The Slovakian Jewish community of Liptószentmiklós (Mikulash in Yiddish) dates to the 18th century. The community's rabbi, R. Yehuda Leib Kunitz, a frequent communicant with R. Yechezkel Landau, established a yeshiva there in 1776, the first in Slovakia. He died in 1813, after leading the community for 40 years. His successor was Rabbi Elazar Loew (1758-1837), the author of Shemen Rokeach. Liptószentmiklós was thus an important Torah center in Central Europe. See R. Buchler & R. Shashak (eds.) Pinkas HaKehilot Slovakia (Jerusalem, 2003) pp. 303-304.
