Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Even Ha’ezer]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah.”

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 78
FALK, JOSHUA KATZ.

Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Even Ha’ezer]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah.”

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Woodcut printer’s device. <<Self-portrait illustration of former owner>> with beard and peyoth and inscription “Ani Menachem bar Rebbi [of] Pragah” (see f. 35a). ff. 210 (i.e. 204). Stained and browned, many leaves expertly remargined and otherwise repaired, some marginal worming (mostly repaired). Modern calf. Thick folio. Vinograd, Lublin 190.

Lublin: Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymos Jaffe 1638

Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $800