Chochmath Mano’ach [glosses to the Talmud]

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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MANOACH HENDIL BEN SHEMARYA

Chochmath Mano’ach [glosses to the Talmud]

FIRST EDITION. Published by the Author’s son. Title within four-part border. Large woodcut of King David with celestial figure on final page, numerous woodcut diagrams throughout text ff.147. Lightly browned, trimmed, f. 146 slightly cropped, previous owners' signatures. Contemporary tooled vellum, rubbed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Prague 214; Mehlman 843

Prague: Jacob ben Gershom Bak 1612

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Includes annotations and corrections to all of the Talmud, and particularly to the Cracow edition of 1602-5. See C.B. Friedberg, History of Hebrew Typography in Poland (1932) pp. 21. Many of these glosses were incorporated into the standard Vilna Shas