Zacuto, Moses. Sepher Kol Harema”z [commentary to the Mishnah]. With extensive Hebrew Manuscript glosses by David Tevele Schiff
AUCTION 7 |
Tuesday, June 22nd,
1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 643
(SCHIFF, DAVID TEVELE KATZ)
Zacuto, Moses. Sepher Kol Harema”z [commentary to the Mishnah]. With extensive Hebrew Manuscript glosses by David Tevele Schiff
Amsterdam: Solomon Proops 1719
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
Printed volume with lengthy marginal notations by David Tevele Schiff (d.1792), Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, London, from 1765 until his death
These important notes, apparently unpublished, extend through the entire Six Orders, but are particularly detailed concerning the more esoteric parts of the Mishnah
The volume, signed by David Schiff on the title, is also inscribed on the endpapers by his son Moses, attesting the work’s ownership to R. David