Ya’akov Eisenstadt. Toldoth Ya’akov [exposition to various Biblical and Talmudic passages].

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Ya’akov Eisenstadt. Toldoth Ya’akov [exposition to various Biblical and Talmudic passages].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (3), 65 [i. e. 64]. Ex-library, light stains. Contemporary marbled wrappers, worn, gutter split. 8vo. Vinograd, London 59; Roth, London 19 (both with erroneous foliation).

London: William Tooke 1770

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $350

<<The First Book Printed by Jews in London. >> This work was “the first Hebrew book printed for a Jew in England, by Isaac b. Jedidiah Halevi, Moses b. Gerson and Jacob b. Issachar Cohen, who had secured typesetters from Holland and occupied a shop in the house of W. Tooke, an Englishman.” JE, V 83.