Sivuv HaRav R. Pethachiah MeRegensburg. With Midrash Jonah.

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Sivuv HaRav R. Pethachiah MeRegensburg. With Midrash Jonah.

ff. 12. Previous owner’s signature on title, some staining. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Vinograd, Altona 254 (erroneous date); Roest, 1380.

Altona: Moshe Bon, circa (1770)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $250

Attractive edition of the travels of R. Pethachiah of Regensburg, who in (approximately) the year 1175 set out on his travels, making his way through Poland and Russia to the Crimea, from there to Tartary, Khazaria, Armenia, Kurdistan, Babylonia, Syria, and Eretz Israel. The author was the brother of the Tosafist R. Yitzchak HaLavan and lived in the time of R. Yehudah HaChassid.