Sepher MaHaRI”L

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 226

MOELLIN, JACOB

Sepher MaHaRI”L

Second Edition. Verso of final leaf contains records of births, marriages, and deaths of family-members (dated 1551-78), noting that a year after his wife died (1569) he married her sister ff.120. Stained, corners rounded, final leaf repaired, previous owner's inscriptionsi. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Cremona 23; Benayahu, Cremona 19

Cremona: Vicenzo Conti 1558

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

Important source for ritual customs (Minhag), both within and without the synagogue. The work paints a most faithful picture of the religious and social life of the German Jews in the 14th and 15th centuries