[Takanoth]. [communal prohibitions, proscribing modesty in material pleasures]

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Lot 553

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[Takanoth]. [communal prohibitions, proscribing modesty in material pleasures]

Yiddish text. With rare supplementary leaf ff.(6). Browned. Loose in contemporary wrappers. Sm.4to Vinograd, Prague 902; Mehlman 1663

Prague: n.p 1767

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

Both Vinograd (noting Freimann’s census of Prague imprints) and Mehlman record only four leaves. The present copy has an additional leaf listing some thirty names - commencing with the great R. Ezekiel Landau - principles of the Community, attesting and affirming the document