Mishnayoth. With emendations by Yom Tov Lipman Heller and Solomon Adeni

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Lot 46
(MISHNAH).

Mishnayoth. With emendations by Yom Tov Lipman Heller and Solomon Adeni

Two parts in one volume. Two title pages each within woodcut architectural border. Latin marginalia ff. (2), 274. Second title and ff. 115-119 detached, final leaf tiped in. Contemporary mottled calf. 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 107; Fuks, Amsterdam 180

Amsterdam: Joseph ben Israel for Menasseh ben Israel 1646

Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,200
The task of vocalization of this Mishnah edition was begun by Menasseh ben Israel and completed by Jacob ben Judah Abraham de Leon. The first vocalized edition of the Mishnah appeared three years prior to this in Constantinople