Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to 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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PESARO, AARON

Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (39, lacking final blank). Browned, some staining, slight marginal worming repaired in places, final two leaves slightly shorter. Modern calf. Tall folio. Vinograd, Freiburg 5; Prijs, Basle 141.

Freiburg: Israel Ziphroni for Ambrosius Froben 1583-84

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,800

As announced in the publishers' foreword, the Toldoth Aaron was prepared in order to serve as an addendum to Froben's 1581 edition of the Meir Nathiv. However the printing took longer than expected and so the Toldoth Aaron was issued in Freiburg two years later. See Ziphroni’s cryptic colophon on the final leaf: “I will announce in the future the reason for the delay in printing: Two Jews (one residing in Prague and one in Poland) should be ashamed and disgraced for causing our failure, may God pay them back for their actions.”