Aruch Hakatzur [abridged dictionary of the Talmud]

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

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Lot 210

NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME

Aruch Hakatzur [abridged dictionary of the Talmud]

FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title-page ff. 64. Extreme upper margin of first few leaves soiled not affecting text, some staining, scattered marginalia in an Italian hand, scholarly marginal note on f. 8a in a later Ashkenazic hand, censors' signatures at end, though almost entirely uncesored. Modern calf. 4to Vinograd, Const. 33; Yaari, Const. 16; Mehlman 1245; Adams N-58

Constantinople: Samuel ibn Nachmias 1511

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

Although often seen as a condensation of Nathan Ben Yechiel’s Aruch, this work in fact contains many words and expressions not interpreted in the original, lengthier version