Sepher Tanya.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 223

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

Sepher Tanya.

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Issued without a title. ff. 99 (of 100), leaf with table of contents starting with the words “simanei sepher…” provided at end in facsimile. Some staining, trimmed, marginal repairs, portions of a few leaves with loss of words supplied in facsimile. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 16; Mehlman 725.

Mantua: Samuel Latif 1514

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

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.