Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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PESARO, AARON.

Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (38) text complete. Stained, final leaves with marginal repairs. Modern calf-backed boards. Tall folio. Vinograd, Freiburg 5.

Freiburg: Israel Ziphroni for Ambrosius Froben 1583

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

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.”