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

Estimate: $1,000–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES HALEVI

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1558

Description

Second Edition. Opening word within woodcut vignette. On front fly, signatures of former owners in Hebrew and Italian. Earlier: "Yitzchak Cohen Pavia, 1755," and later: "Caliman Sacerd. Pavia di Casale Monferatto, 1770," "Kalman Yehudah Cohen mi-Casale."

references

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

summary

Important source for ritual customs (Minhag), both within and without the synagogue. The work paints a most faithful picture of the religious and social life of the German Jews in the 14th and 15th centuries

ff.120. Stained in places. Tops of several leaves chewed. Recent boards. Sm. 4to

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