Novellae to Talmud Tractates Shabbath, Bava Bathra, Pesachim, Ta’anith, Eruvin, Megila, Kethuvoth, Yoma, Sukkah, Rosh-Hashana and Chullin. With some Aggadic material citing the Pnei Yehoshua, Nachlath Benyamin and Reishith Chachmah.

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $900

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author

(ANONYMOUS).

Place

n.p.

Publication

1789

Description

Hebrew manuscript in cursive Aschkenazi script. Brown ink on paper.

summary

Although no record of authorship can be determined from this manuscript, the spine-label states “Mechami Zekeini” (From My Wife’s Grandfather). The author was obviously prodigious, the present work is entitled “Volume III,” and there is a reference on f.3r, “See Volume IV.”

ff. (180). Lightly damp-wrinkled. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. 4to

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