Tze’enah Ure’enah

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

JACOB BEN ISAAC ASCHKENAZI OF JANOW.

printer

Solomon Proops and Moses Mai

Place

Amsterdam and Metz

Publication

1722 and 1768

Description

The Judah David Eisesenstein - (“bought at his house”) Judah A. Joffe copy. * WITH: Another Edition. Each edition with Hebrew prayers at front. Yiddish text printed in Wayber-taytsch type

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1196 and Metz 22

summary

The most renowned Yiddish work of homiletical prose, particularly beloved among Jewish women. A miscellany of tales, Midrashim and exegetical comment woven around a Yiddish rendering and paraphrasing of the Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Megiloth. Written in a tender, flowing style, the numerous editions have resulted in the text of the Tze’enah Ure’enah becoming a laboratory in examining the development of the Yiddish language over time

ff. (3), 14, 16 (not noted by Vinograd, additional prayers (Yotzroth) and particular laws (in Yiddish) relating to women), 343. Eisenstein obituary tipped in front. Second volume: ff. 383 (of 435) lacking ff. 52, few tears. Modern boards. Thick 8vo

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