Birchath Avraham [sermons, with commentary to Orach Chaim]

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 223

TREVES, ABRAHAM

Birchath Avraham [sermons, with commentary to Orach Chaim]

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title (Yaari no. 18) ff. 361. Damp stained in aplces, generaly a crisp copy. Recent blind-ruled brown morocco, gilt-tooled corner embelishments. 4to Vinograd, Venice 435; Mehlman 722; Adams T-933

Venice: Alvise Bragadin 1552

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

Rare work, printed at a time of tension between the House of Bragadini and the rival printing establishment of Giustiniani. The ensuing litigation between the two firms eventually resulted in the tragic Papal Decree of 1553 condemning the Talmud and it’s associated literature to be burned. See H.B. Friedberg, Toldoth Hadefus Ha’ivri Be’Italia (1956) pp. 67-72