Rabinovicz, Raphael Nathan Nata. Sepher Dikdukei Sopherim - Variae Lectiones in Mischnam et in Talmud Babylonicum.

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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Rabinovicz, Raphael Nathan Nata. Sepher Dikdukei Sopherim - Variae Lectiones in Mischnam et in Talmud Babylonicum.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Complete in 16 volumes (all published), including Ma’amar al Hadpasath Ha’Talmud (Vol. VIII). Trace stains. Contemporary boards, rubbed. 8vo. Shunami 975a.

Munich-Premyslan: 1868-86 and 1897

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $500

Monumental work examining variant readings found in the 14th-century Munich Manuscript, as well as early Talmud manuscripts located in libraries including Florence, Parma, Hamburg, the British Museum, the Bodleian, as well as early printed editions. The final volume appeared following Rabbinovicz’s death and was edited by Heinrich Ehrentrau. On the importance of this work, see Y. S. Spiegel, Amudim BeToldoth HaSepher Ha’Ivri (2005) pp. 478-513.