Tyrnau, Isaac. Minhagim. According to the custom of Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Bohemia, Moravia and Germany. With ethical and life-cycle advice

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 40

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Tyrnau, Isaac. Minhagim. According to the custom of Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Bohemia, Moravia and Germany. With ethical and life-cycle advice

Title within wreathed columns ff. 44. Some staining and browning, marginal repair to title, small repairs on final two leaves affecting a few letters. Previous owner’s inscription and signature (Asher Marx, Rabbi of Darmstadt) on verso of opening blank, scholarly marginal notes on f. 42b and 43a. Later boards, defective. 4to Vinograd Cracow 157(without seeing a copy; based only upon a listing by Friedberg, although clearly unexamined)

Cracow: Yitzchak Ben Aaron 1593

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

Minhag mostly based upon the principles established by Abraham Klausner, his disciple, Isaac Tyrnau, states his purpose here is to clear up misconceptions ascertaining to prevailing custom. Rare edition of this Book of Ceremonies. Although listed in certain bibliographic sources, apparently no copy seen