Oth Emeth [annotations and emendations to various Midrashic and liturgical texts]

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BENVENISTE, MEIR

Oth Emeth [annotations and emendations to various Midrashic and liturgical texts]

FIRST EDITION. Marginal notations. ff. 182. Stained, marginal paper repairs, dampwrinkled, previous owners' marks. Modern calf. 4to Vinograd, Salonika 65

Salonika: Joseph Ya’avetz 1564-65

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

Important work containing textual emendations for the correct reading of various Midrashic texts including Mechilta, Sifre and Sifra. Also includes lengthier comments from a manuscript by R. Judah Gedaliah and other anonymous commentators. The final section, Seder Kedusha corrects mistaken readings found in the Sephardic Seder Tephillah.