Divre HaYamim : [manuscript]
Subtitle: [historical treatise of Prague]
Contributors: Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University. Libraries)
Publisher: 1772.
Published: 1772
Place of publication: Prague
Language: heb
Subjects: Rabbis; Jews; History
Notes: ff. 22

Autograph manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic 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 BeYehuda 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 communal leaders.

Kestenbaum & Company, New York, sale 65 (Fine Judaica, Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art), lot 44, Thursday, June 25, 2015.