JAFFE, MORDECHAI.

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 70

JAFFE, MORDECHAI.

Levush Ohr Yekaroth. * Levush Adar Ha’yakar. * Biurei Yaffeh. * Levush Pinath Yekarith. ff. (2),189,(2); 30;5;30. Four parts in one. Title within woodcut architectural border. Three divisional titles. Numerous woodcut astrological diagrams. [Vinograd, Lublin 53 (recording only the first part); Mehlman 829]. Lublin, Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe. 1595. * WITH: Levush Ha’orah. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut Map Of The Land Of Israel (f.84v). ff.91,(9). [Vinograd, Prague 123]. Prague, Abraham ben Moses Sidel, 1604. * MARGOLIOTH, AVI EZRI ZELIG. Kesseph Nivchar [sermons to the Pentateuch]. FIRST EDITION. ff. (2),35,22,(1),23-36. [Vinograd, Amsterdam 963]. Amsterdam, Solomon Proops,1712 Lightly browned and stained in places, few marginal paper repairs. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, remains of clasps and hinges, rebacked. Folio

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Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $17,000

Levush Ha’orah with woodcut map of the Land of Israel and surrounding Nations charting the travels of the Children of Israel. An important map, decorative and clearly defined, depicting ships riding the seas and cities depicted by towers adorned with flags - an altogether sophisticated representation. The details of the map were entirely based on information derived from the Bible and its commentaries, for, as E. & G. Wajntraub point out in their Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land (1992) pp.41 “it was not possible to draw eye-witness reports, and all geographical data is based on geographical knowledge of the Bible.”