(SeMa”K). Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth Ha’katzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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

author

ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL

printer

Isaac Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

1596

Description

Third edition. Divided into seven daily parts. Opening words within decorative woodcut border.

references

Vinograd, Cracow 187; Mehlman 736; not in Adams

summary

With the seven part division corresponding to the days of the week, the French Tosafist, Isaac of Corbeil, intended his Code to be popular. It is interspersed with many Agadic passages, moral maxims and ethical teachings which enhance its appeal.

ff. (8), 156, (3 of 4?). Light stains in places, neat marginal repairs to last leaf, previous owner’s signature on title. Recent gilt-tooled brown morocco, spine in compartments. Sm. 4to

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