JAFFE, SAMUEL BEN ISAAC ASCHKENAZI

AUCTION 16 | Tuesday, June 25th, 2002 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 154

JAFFE, SAMUEL BEN ISAAC ASCHKENAZI

Yapheh Mareh [on the Aggadic portions of the Jerusalem Talmud]. Second edition. Printer’s devices on title and verso (Yaari, Printer’s Marks nos. 18 and 35). ff. 331, (1). Title misbound after f.2, paper repairs to title affecting text, stained, first few leaves damp-soiled. [Vinograd, Venice 742; Habermann, di Gara 115; Adams T-112]. Venice, Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara, 1590. * Yapheh To’ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabah, Genesis, with text]. FIRST EDITION. Printers device on title (Yaari no. 18). ff. 540,(4). Lightly browned, marginal repairs to last few leaves. [Vinograd, Venice 835; Habermann, di Gara 169; not in Adams]. Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1597-1606. * Yapheh To’ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabah, Levicatus, with text]. FIRST EDITION. ff.180,20. Title page loose. Needs re-binding. [Vinograd, Const. 338; Yaari, Const. 251]. Constantinople. Abraham Franco, 1648. * Yapheh To’ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabah, Numbers, with text]. Second Edition. ff. (4), 256,(1). LIght damp stains in places. [Vinograd, Venice 1329]. Venice, Vendramin, 1657 Variously bound. Folio

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Est: $400 - $600
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Jaffe served as Rabbi of the Aschkenazi community of Constantinople. His renown rests on this most comprehesive commentary on the Midrash