Auction 49 · Lot 236

Mischnah. Oder der Text des Talmuds. Translated into German by Johann Jacob Rabe

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(MISHNAH)

Place

Onolzbach (i.e. Ansbach)

Publication

1760-63

Description

FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Six parts in two volumes

references

Freimann 127; Fuerst III,127

summary

This feat of scholarship was much admired by Moses Mendelssohn, who, upon publication of the first volume, did not hesitate to write a review praising Rabe’s accomplishments. Rabe included the entire review, complete with Mendelssohn's notes, in the Foreword to Part II. In introducing the anonymous Rabbi (i.e., Moses Mendelssohn), Rabe felt moved to bestow upon him the celebrated compliment previously reserved for Moses Maimonides: “From Moses to Moses there was none like Moses” ("Von Mose bis auf Mose sene nicht gewesen wie dieser Mose") (foreword, top p. 2). See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn (1973) pp.196-97, 210.

Vol. I. Pt. I (Zera'im): pp. (12), 14, (2), 268, (6). * Pt. II (Mo'ed): pp. (10), 294, (4). * Pt. III (Nashim): (2), 20, (4). * Vol. II. Pt. IV (Nezikin): pp. (8), 306, (6). * Pt. V (Kodashim): pp. (2), 144, 147-294, (4). * Pt. VI (Toharoth): pp. (4), 396, (1), 394-420 (i.e., 402), (8) (on pp. 387-388 old tape-repair). Trace foxed. Contemporary half-calf, heavily rubbed. Lg. 4to

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