Zichron Torath Moshe

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

FIGO, MOSES

printer

Moses Parnes

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1553

Description

First Edition. Title within elegant woodcut foliate border. Owner’s signature on title: “Joseph ben Meir Landa.” Polish stamps on several pages

references

Vinograd, Const. 206; Yaari Const. 154

summary

Important alphabetical subject index of the Talmud including citations to Moreh Nevuchim, Akeidah, Ikkarim, Derech Emunah, Neveh Shalom, Or Hashem, and Derashoth ha-Ra”N. A work that lends significance to the history of scholarship in the 16th century, indicating those works considered at the time to be worthy of study.

ff.174. Lightly browned, stained in places. Title and first leaf laid to size. Slight worming. Handsome calf-backed boards. Folio.

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