Auction 15

Sefer ‘Yad HaMelech’. First Edition. Venice, 1586. The Copy of Rabbi Moshe Yerucham Morgenstern son of the Saraf of Kotzk

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Sefer Yad HaMelech on the Book of Esther, by Rabbi Shmuel Valiro. Venice, 1586. Single edition. At the top of the title page and on page 102a is the stamp of Rabbi “Moshe Yerucham son of Rabbi Morgenstern. Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Morgenstern [1842-1865]. The youngest son of the Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, about whom the author of the ‘Chiddushei HaRim testified that he is a “Tzadik Yesod Olam”. (This ownership inscription was written between 1859, in which his father the Saraf of Kotzk died, and 1865). 104 leaves. 23 cm. New leather binding. Water stains with no damage to text. Moth signs. Undeciphered inscription in the last page. Overall condition: Good-very good.