Abraham Chaim Wagenaar. Toldoth Ya’avetz. Edited with additions by G. I. Polak.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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Lot 115

(EMDEN, JACOB).

Abraham Chaim Wagenaar. Toldoth Ya’avetz. Edited with additions by G. I. Polak.

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Hebrew text, additional German title-page. Chief Rabbi Justus Tal copy, with his bookplate and signature. Few marginal notes. pp. (12), 66, (52). Endpapers loose. Contemporary boards. 8vo.

Amsterdam: I. Levisson 1868

Est: $300 - $500

Excellent bio-bibliographic work on R. Jacob Emden and his writings. Also contains previously unpublished correspondence and responsa between Emden and Moses Mendelssohn. Plus a listing and explanation of 1700 abbreviations noted in Emden’s Siddur Amudei Shamayim.