Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]. Third edition. * Sasportas, Jacob. Toldoth Jacob [supplement providing references to Jerusalem Talmud]. FIRST EDITION. Two works in one (as issued)
AUCTION 23 |
Tuesday, March 30th,
2004 at 1:00
Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion
Lot 187
PESARO, AARON
Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]. Third edition. * Sasportas, Jacob. Toldoth Jacob [supplement providing references to Jerusalem Talmud]. FIRST EDITION. Two works in one (as issued)
Amsterdam: Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro 1652
Est: $600 - $900
In his introduction, R. Jacob Sasportas, a native of Oran, Algeria bemoans the fate that forced him to take up the wanderer’s staff. On a brighter note, he expresses gratitude to Menasseh ben Israel who agreed to his suggestion to include in the present edition of Pesaro’s Toldoth Aaron, Sasportas’ supplement Toldoth Jacob, which provides valuable references to the vast sea of the Jerusalem Talmud.
In 1651the printing office was taken over by Menasseh’s elder son Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro. See Fuks, p. 110