Auction 48

Lot of biographies, including Shem Gedolim and Toldot Anshei Shem

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Biographical and bibliographical books:

1. Shem HaGedolim, v’Ad LaChachamim—Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulay (HaChida), edited by the well-known bibliographer Yitzhak Isaac ben Yaakov (author of Otzer HaSefarim). Vienna 1864. 14 pages, [1], 82, 81, [1] leaf. Moth holes, stains, good condition.

2. Shem HaGedolim HaChadash, 2 sections, the Maarechet Gedolim and Maarechet Sefarim, by Rabbi Aharon Wolden—names of gedolim and sefarim from the Chida until the author’s era, edited in line with the original Shem HaGedolim written by HaChida. Warsaw (n.p.). 130, 92 pages. Stains, good condition.

3. Toldot Anshei Shem, part 1. Biography of rabbis who survived the Shoah and served in Israel and the US, rabbis certified by geonim of Europe. New York 1950. Biographies of hundreds of rabbis and Admorim with their pictures. [1], 145, [15] pages. Moth holes, fair to good condition.