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Bidding Information
Lot #    18144
Auction End Date    6/12/2007 11:12:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    R. Nahum Dov Baer Friedman of Sadgora Drawing
Title (Hebrew)    ùòø ìà éãåò îäàãîå'ø îñàãéâåøà æö'ì
Author    [Ms. - Hasidim]
Publication Date    20th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [2] pp., 262:184 mm., ink on paper, light age staining, small loss in center, taped on verso.
          
Detailed
Description		    Drawing of a title page for an unknown edition of Mashme'ah Jeshu'ah of Don Isaac b. Judah Abrabanel. The Rebbe endorsed the title with his seal "kinyan kaspi" (purchased with personal funds) and signed his name in full on the fly. The drawing may of been intended to replace the title of an early edition whose bibliographical information was unknown. R. Menahem Nahum Dov Baer Friedman of Ruhyzn-Sadgora (1844-1883) was famous for his library. R. Nahum, son of R. Shalom Joseph, was a bibliophile and when Hasidim would come to his father they would bring the rebbe, and often R. Nahum, books, both new and rare editions. He thus accumulated one of the largest private libraries in Eastern Europe. These books were stamped with the R. Nahum’s stamp, indicating that they were part of his library and how they came into his possession, whether as an acquisition, inheritance, or gift. At one point the library totaled more than 4,000 volumes, often beautifully bound and fully catalogued. Eventually a quarter of the library was sold to the Jewish library of Vienna, those books being described in the catalog Minhat Shelomoh (Venice, 1912). Other books were sold at auction in London.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
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Kind of Judaica
Art:    Checked