Chibur Ma’asiyoth me-ha-Midrashoth ve-ha-Agadoth

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 73

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Chibur Ma’asiyoth me-ha-Midrashoth ve-ha-Agadoth

Title within typographic border. Separate title page for Ma’aseh shel Yerushalmi (Rabbi Abraham Maimonides) u-Ma’aseh Rabbi Bustenai. On verso of title, former owner’s inscription, dated in Hebrew and Italian, 5441 / 1681. The Schocken Copy (sold Sotheby’s, December 1993, Lot 98) ff. (40); 16. ff. 37-40 out of sequence (appear to have been issued this way by printer). A few leaves remargined, some foxing and light stains. Recent vellum. 12mo Vinograd, Verona 14, 17; Mehlman 1269

Verona: Francesco dei Rossi 1647

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $600

A good portion of the tales in our charming little collection are of a didactic nature, arranged according to the order of the Ten Commandments. See “Ma’asim al Eser ha-Dibroth, na’im ve-yaphim ve-nehmadim me’od” (ff.18v.-40). Our title has the dedication to “Asahel ben Samuel Polonia of Pesaro” described as a variant by Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 1269