Hanikra Yelamdeinu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba, with iindices by the editor, Ezra Fano. With an index of parables.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

MIDRASH TANCHUMA

printer

Ruffinelli

Place

Mantua

Publication

1563

Description

Marginalia. The Sigmund Seeligmann copy.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 93

summary

A scarce edition. According to the introduction, this edition is based upon two manuscripts that contain much new material that did not appear in earlier editions. The printer utilizes the symbol of a pointed-finger along the margins to denote new material. For a literary comparison of the various editions, see S. Buber’s introduction to his edition of Midrash Tanchuma, Vilna 1885.

ff. 106. Stained, some worming with taped repairs, previous owners' marks. Recent marbled boards. Folio

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