Sepher Tanya.

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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(ANAV, YECHIEL BEN YEKUTHIEL(?) / ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM(?)).

Sepher Tanya.

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Issued without a title. Scattered marginalia. ff. 99 (of 100 lacking opening leaf starting with the words “simanei sepher…”). Stained with light wear, wormed taped in places, marginal repairs, censored in places. Modern vellum-backed marbled boards. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 16; St. Cat. Bodl. 7449, 2 (ed. rarissima); Mehlman 725.

Mantua: Samuel Latif 1514

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Composed in the 13th century, the Sepher Tanya is a compilation of Jewish law and custom as applied by the Jews of Italy (Minhag Bnei Roma). There is considerable overlap between the present work and another work of the same genre, Shibolei HaLeket also composed by Zedekiah Anav. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 937-38 and M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature Vol. II, pp. 130-32 regarding the disputatious authorship of Sepher Tanya.