Auction 32

Rare: Sefer Bnei Levi. Tunisia 1904. Copy signed by Rabbi Avraham HaKohen Sekli.

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Droshim with commentaries and exegeses on both the Toshba and Torah Bichtav, by Rabbi Levi Assoluin. First edition (probably the only edition as well). Among the rarest Tunisian books. [6], 94 pages. Binding and many pages are detached. Dry, fragile pages at the edges. Moth holes, tears at the edges, stains. Overall fair condition.

The title page has the signature of Rabbi Avraham HaKohen Sekli (died 1871), a rabbi of Morocco and Rabbi of Tazeh, author of many books, most of which have remained in manuscript form (Arzei HaLevanon p. 115). Note handwritten at the end: “The owner of this book…will succeed in all his business endeavours, …and whatever he chooses to do…”. We have no checked this important note thoroughly.