Talmud, Jerusalem. Masechta Bikurim [on the First Fruits]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Rosenberg Bros

Place

Chicago

Publication

1887

Description

With commentary by Abraham Eliezer Alperstein [All Published]. Title with vignette depictting the Tree of Life amidst Houses of Learning. Additional architectural title

references

Friedberg, Tav 1372

summary

See M.A. Gutstein, A Priceless Heritage: The Epic Growth of 19th Century Chicago Jewry (1953) pp.128-9; and L. Mishkin, Dephusei Chicago Be’ivrit Ubeyiddish in: Chicago Pinkas (1952) no.8

Opening and closing leaf browned. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm.folio

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