Auction 8
Special and rare items -among others: the first Hassidic Siddur in the world, Kabbalistic glosses handwritten by Rabbi Meir of Premishlan
By King David Auctions
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Jan 20, 2019
Yehuda ha-Nasi St 22, Jerusalem, Israel
Rare books, letters by rabbis, manuscripts by Rebbes, items from the day the State of Israel was established, Holocaust and She'erit Ha'Pletah, art, coins and banknotes
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LOT 118:
Polemic against Christianity: Achiya Shiloni Ha'Chozeh – Leipzig, [1864] – Extremely Rare, Has Never Been Seen in ...
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Sold for: $190 (₪709)
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
228 (₪851.35)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
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100
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 18%
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Polemic against Christianity: Achiya Shiloni Ha'Chozeh – Leipzig, [1864] – Extremely Rare, Has Never Been Seen in Auctions
Rareness: has never been seen in auctions. Extremely rare.
Background: a book that was written in response to the book "Netivot Olam" (The Old Paths) by a convert named Alexander McCaul, which was published in London in circa 1800 and which defamed Judaism and the Jewish nation.
The book: Since the book contained criticism of Christianity and the Christion Mission, it wouldn't have received the approval of the Russian censor and was therefore published anonymously in Germany.
In the copy before us, on the last page, there is a printed leaf on which it is written that the gematria of the book's title is "Yitzchak Dov Levinson". It is possible that in other copies of the book, this page does not exist.
Yitzchak Ber Levinson was a pioneer of the Jewish Enlightenment Movement in the Russian Empire.
144pp.
Condition: Good. An ancient signature on the title page.
