ff. 22 Shelfmark: MS General 261 Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Ashkenazic hand on paper. Title-page incorporating engraved border (detached). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf binding, gold edged, rubbed. Autobiographical treatise. Recounts family life and the author's relationship with Prague's rabbinic leaders (the Noda Be-Yehuda especially). Written following a severe illness that afflicted Poppers. He here recounts his resolutions for leading a healthier life. The Poppers Family were distinguished throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and provided Europe with many significant rabbinic and... Kestenbaum & Company, New York, sale 65 (Fine Judaica, Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art), lot 44, Thursday, June 25, 2015.
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