Naphtali ben David Zechariah Mendel (Editor). Birkath HaMazon [Grace after Meals]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $3,750

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author

(LITURGY)

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1603

Description

Zimun in three languages: Hebrew, Judeo-German and Judeo-Italian (f.18r.) On f.3r., signature of R. Abraham Joseph Solomon Graziano, "Ish Ger anochi ba-aretz" [I am a strange man in the land - cf. Psalms 119:19]. See Abraham J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991), pp. 155-156 (includes facsimile of “Ish Ger” signature on Mantua Zohar)

references

Vinograd, Venice 958; Mehlman 272

summary

Text of Birkath HaMazon corrected according to text of R. Shabthai of Przemysl. With commentary to Birkath HaMazon by R. Nathan Spira, and commentary to Zemiroth by R. Solomon Luria

ff. 19, (1), 44. Ex-library. Title remargined, wanting portion of border. Waterstained. Several leaves tape-repaired. Ex-library. Modern vellum. 12mo

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