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Auction 12 · Lot 218

Sepher MaHaRI”L [Jewish laws and customs for the entire year according to Aschkenazi rite]

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$900

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author

MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES HALEVI

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1558

Description

Second Edition. Opening word within woodcut vignette.

references

Vinograd, Cremona 23; Benayahu, Cremona 19; not in Adams

summary

The most important source for ritual customs (minhagim), both within and without the synagogue. It paints a most faithful picture of the religious and social life of the German Jews in the 14th and15th centuries.
ff.120. Stained and foxed in places. Recent morocco-backed boards. Sm. 4to
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