Pirkei Avoth. The Sentences and Proverbs of the Ancient Fathers… Called Abouth.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00
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Lot 291
(MISHNAH).

Pirkei Avoth. The Sentences and Proverbs of the Ancient Fathers… Called Abouth.

<<FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH>> . Hebrew text with English translation and commentary by Abraham Tang. pp. 108. Lacks introduction. Ex-library, margins frayed, some wear. Contemporary boards, broken 8vo. Vinograd, London 68.

London: (L. Alexander) 1772

Est: $300 - $500
The translator, the English scholar Abraham Tang (d. 1792) was a grandson of the Dayan of Prague, Abraham Tausig Neu-Greschel. Like his grandfather, the author signed his name with the Hebrew initials TN”G, and is thus generally known as Tang.