KLAUSNER, ABRAHAM. Minhagim

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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KLAUSNER, ABRAHAM. Minhagim

FIRST EDITION ff. 40. Complete though mispaginated. Lightly browned with few stains, generally a clean copy. Recent vellum. 12mo. Vinograd, Riva 8; not in Adams

Riva di Trento: n.p. 1559

Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

The first extant work in the field of local religious custom. Incorporating practices for the whole year, referring to benedictions, prayers and rites according to the Aschkenazi ritual. Klausner was the primary mentor of both Jacob Moellin (the Maharil) and Isaac Tyrnau. Thus his influence laid the foundation for the spread of Nusach Aschkenaz and Minhag Literature in general. A critical edition of Klausner’s Sepher Minhagim with notes, sources and an introduction was prepared by C.J. Ehrenreich in 1929