Torath Kohanim (Sifra). With commentary of Ra'ava”d (Abraham ben David of Posquières)

AUCTION 25 | Monday, October 25th, 2004 at 1:00

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Lot 34

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Torath Kohanim (Sifra). With commentary of Ra'ava”d (Abraham ben David of Posquières)

FIRST EDITION. Wide-margined copy ff. 42. Several leaves remargined, repaired worming. Modern calf. Folio Vinograd, Const. 29; Ya'ari, Const. 98 (includes facsimile of title on p. 85); Mehlman, 137

Constantinople: n.p. circa 1510?

Est: $20,000 - $25,000

PRICE REALIZED $32,000

HIGHLY UNCOMMON EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE TORATH KOHANIM Very few copies of this book exist: The City Library, Frankfurt a/Main (lost?); Rabbinical Seminary, Budapest; JTSA, New York; JNUL, Jerusalem - all are incomplete. Mehlman believes the printer never completed production of the book. For some reason, the edition extends only so far as Parashath Tzav. Various years have been suggested for the year of printing, ranging from 1494 to 1523. In 1862, Isaac Hirsch Weiss (author of the history, Dor Dor VeDorshav), published a complete version of Torath Kohanim accompanied by the Ra'avad's commentary utilizing an early manuscript. See I. Twersky, Rabad of Posquières (1962)