Lechem Avirim [novellea and discourses]

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Lot 57

BORGIL, ABRAHAM BEN AZIZ

Lechem Avirim [novellea and discourses]

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch ff. 65; 114. Few light stains in places, gently dampwrinkled, tear on lower portion of final leaf not affecting text, previous owner’s inscription on title. Contemporary vellum, rubbed, spine in compartments. Folio Vinograd, Venice 989; Haberman, di Gara 234

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1605

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

Abraham Borgil’s unique approach to the study of the Talmud was pioneered while he was Rosh Yeshiva at Nikopol, Bulgaria. Lechem Avirim incorporates novellea and discourses to the Tractates Bava Kamma, Bava Metzia, Kethuboth and Kidushin. In these novellea, Borgil does not cite his contemporaries nor the Rishonim, but rather bases himself upon the Tosaphists and upon Rashi. In his search for textual accuracy, he consulted the very earliest manuscripts of the Talmud. See M. Benayahu, in Sepher Ha’Yoval Le Chanoch Albeck (1963) pp. 71-80