Chibur Ma’asiyoth me-ha-Midrashoth ve-ha-Agadoth

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $600

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

author

(FOLK TALES)

printer

Francesco dei Rossi

Place

Verona

Publication

1647

Description

Title within typographic border. Separate title page for Ma’aseh shel Yerushalmi (Rabbi Abraham Maimonides) u-Ma’aseh Rabbi Bustenai. On verso of title, former owner’s inscription, dated in Hebrew and Italian, 5441 / 1681. The Schocken Copy (sold Sotheby’s, December 1993, Lot 98)

references

Vinograd, Verona 14, 17; Mehlman 1269

summary

A good portion of the tales in our charming little collection are of a didactic nature, arranged according to the order of the Ten Commandments. See “Ma’asim al Eser ha-Dibroth, na’im ve-yaphim ve-nehmadim me’od” (ff.18v.-40). Our title has the dedication to “Asahel ben Samuel Polonia of Pesaro” described as a variant by Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 1269

ff. (40); 16. ff. 37-40 out of sequence (appear to have been issued this way by printer). A few leaves remargined, some foxing and light stains. Recent vellum. 12mo

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