Sepher MaHaRI”L

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

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

author

MOELLIN, JACOB

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1558

Description

Second Edition. Verso of final leaf contains records of births, marriages, and deaths of family-members (dated 1551-78), noting that a year after his wife died (1569) he married her sister

references

Vinograd, Cremona 23; Benayahu, Cremona 19

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, corners rounded, final leaf repaired, previous owner's inscriptionsi. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to

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