Auction 63

Pedigreed Copy: Petach HaOhel Two Sections - First and Rare Edition Sulzbach, 1691 Interesting Ancient Notation

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Sefer Petach HaOhel, special composition, compilations and forewords of Drashot, alphabetically ordered and section II: Klalei HaShas and a summary of its Plugtot. By Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Premishla. 

First edition Sulabzh, 1691. Section I: [1], 50 leaves including references. Section II: separate title page. [2], 33 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Detached binding. Leather spine. Partly detached sheets. Tears to the last leaf. Moth damage and stains. Fair overall condition. 

In two places inside the book, an ancient ownership notation combining the pagination at the top of the pages: "בנימין משה בן כמהור"ר בנימין אלי’ זלה"ה עילבוס(/זוס?)".

On the title page, a blurred stamp indicating that this copy was owned by Rabbi David Hacohek Skalli (1862-1949) who was born in Debdou, the city of priests of Morocco. Kabbalist, Dayan and Av Beit Din of Orna, Algeria. Author of Shut Kiryat Chanah David, Lecha Davud, Ledavid Baruch and more. Corresponded on halachic matters with the rabbis of Eretz Yisrael and printed his books in Jerusalem.