Chochmath Mano’ach [glosses to the Talmud]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

MANOACH HENDIL BEN SHEMARYA

printer

Jacob ben Gershom Bak

Place

Prague

Publication

1612

Description

FIRST EDITION. Published by the Author’s son. Title within four-part border. Large woodcut of King David with celestial figure on final page, numerous woodcut diagrams throughout text. Marginal notations

references

Vinograd, Prague 214; Mehlman 843

summary

Includes annotations and corrections to all of the Talmud, and particularly to the Cracow edition of 1602-5. See C.B. Friedberg, History of Hebrew Typography in Poland (1932) pp. 21

ff.147. Lightly browned and stained. Recent calf-backed boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to

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