(SeMa”K). Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth Ha’katzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]

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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Lot 219

ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL

(SeMa”K). Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth Ha’katzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]

Third edition. Divided into seven daily parts. Opening words within decorative woodcut border. ff. (8), 156, (3 of 4?). Light stains in places, neat marginal repairs to last leaf, previous owner’s signature on title. Recent gilt-tooled brown morocco, spine in compartments. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Cracow 187; Mehlman 736; not in Adams

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1596

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

With the seven part division corresponding to the days of the week, the French Tosafist, Isaac of Corbeil, intended his Code to be popular. It is interspersed with many Agadic passages, moral maxims and ethical teachings which enhance its appeal.