Auction 48

Kitzur Shla (rare)—early edition, Amsterdam 1701. Copy with yichus.

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Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Yehiel Michal Epstein of Ashkenaz, an abbreviated version of the original larger work called the “Shla” by Rabbi Yeshayahu Horwitz of Frankfurt. Early edition. [2], 115, [3] leaves. National Library has it in the Rare Books section. Approbations of Amsterdam rabbis.

Antique handsome leather binding (worn, loose in the binds themselves), faded red page cutting, moth damage, overall good condition for a book of this age.

The title page has a note and an additional note with a Sefardi signature on the first leaf. Stamps of Rabbi Chaim Yosef Mamman, grandson of Rabbi Refael (Maman).