Jacob of Ramrupt (Rabbeinu Tam. Attributed to). Sepher ha-Yashar [“The Book of the Upright”]

AUCTION 33 | Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 172

(ETHICS)

Jacob of Ramrupt (Rabbeinu Tam. Attributed to). Sepher ha-Yashar [“The Book of the Upright”]

Manuscript in Hebrew. Cursive Aschkenazic script ff. (1), 32. Brown ink on coarse paper. Browned. Calf over wooden boards. 4to

Amsterdam: 1708

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $550

Manuscript copy of 1708 edition of Sepher ha-Yashar. The scribe has copied the title page and text of a printed edition of this classical work of ethics, traditionally - though erroneously - attributed to the Tosaphist Rabbeinu Tam. The true identity of the author remains unclear, though some have put forth a Byzantine Jew, R. Zerachyah ha-Yevani as the author