Mesorath HaMikra [index of Biblical verses explained in the Talmud]

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 34

(ASCHENBURG, SHIMON)

Mesorath HaMikra [index of Biblical verses explained in the Talmud]

Issued without a title-page. Final leaves contain an alphabetical listing of Mishnaic chapter headings utilized for study in memory of the deceased. ff. 50 (of 52). Lacks first and final leaf. Closely shaved, stained in places. Modern calf. Tall 8vo. Vinograd, Lublin 18; Steinschneider Cat. Bodl. 7195,5 (opus nostrum rarissimum).

Lublin: (Eliezer Ben Yitzchak) 1572

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

Unusual oblong format. Exceptionally rare. Only one recorded copy located; presently housed in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.