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Auction 49 · Lot 110

Yalkut Ephraim [an anthology of commentaries from Midrash, Zohar and later Kabbalistic works to Torah and Megiloth]. * Bound with: Sam Chaim [encyclopedic compilation of Midrash, with ethical exhortations]

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$300

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author

EPHRAIM BEN YAAKOV HALEVI

printer

Nissan Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1877

Description

FIRST EDITION. Wide margined copy

references

Halevy 294, 295 (with variant collation)

summary

In his introduction to Sam Chaim, the author states that these two works compliment each other, thus they appear as one
ff. (1), pp. 6, (1), 184; (2), 13, 13-18. The first thirty leaves after the introduction of Yalkut Ephraim and thiteen leaves of Sam Chaim are printed in a different font and different size from the rest of the book. Contemporary calf backed boards, rubbed, spine distressed. Tall folio
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