Tov Ro'i [on laws of Shechitah]. * With: Migdal David [commentary to Bereishith].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 162
GRUNHUT, DAVID.

Tov Ro'i [on laws of Shechitah]. * With: Migdal David [commentary to Bereishith].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Signatures on title of R. Gershon Koblentz of Metz and R. Ya’akov Weil of Karlsruhe. ff. (6), 8, 72, 4. Heavily browned in places, corners curled. Modern calf. 4to. Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 179.

Frankfurt a/Main: Johannes Wust 1702

Est: $400 - $600
R. David Grunhut (d. 1723), a native of Frankfurt a/Main, was celebrated as a Talmudist, grammarian and Kabbalist. He served as Rabbi of several German communities, including Wiesbaden and Heimerdingen. See M. Horovitz, Frankfurter Rabbinen (1972) pp. 92-3; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar HaRabanim 4746.