Auction 51

Rare book: Yismach Moshe by Rabbi Moshe de Boshal (Bostal). First edition, Izmir 1675. Copy with yichus.

The auction will start in __ days and __ hours

Start price: $200

Buyer's premium:

Sefer Yismach Moshe, droshim on the Torah and maamari Razal, by Rabbi Moshe de Boshal (Bostal). First edition, printed by Avraham Yedidya Gabbay, Izmir 1675. [2], 145 leaves. Indices at the end.

The National Library and other libraries categorize it as rare. The book has not been seen at auction apart from one instance where the copy was only partial.

No binding, stains, worming damage (mainly in the margins—also on the title page), worming holes, mostly in good condition—especially for a book as old and rare as this.

The title page has a pretty Sefardi signature from Rabbi Shlomo Hadas—a sage and rabbi of Jerusalem from 300 years ago, during the time of Rabbi Eliezer Nachum (the Chazon Nachum), and he signed some takkanot from 1737 (Arzei HaLevanon 2114).