Eduth Ya’akov

AUCTION 21 | Thursday, December 04th, 2003 at 1:00

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Lot 137

KAUFMANN, JACOB OF METZ

Eduth Ya’akov

First edition. Title within woodcut of various mythological figures including nude Venus 8vo ff. 18. Vellum. 4to Vinograd Hannau 51

[Hannau]: [Hans Yakup Henne] 1628

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Shows how the 613 commandments are alluded to in the ten commadments in the order that they appear in the Torah. Each letter alludes to a commandment which is useful as a mnemonic device. Also cites the major codifiers of the Mitzvot- Maimonides, Semag, Rokeach, Kol bo etc.