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Auction 54 · Lot 120

Zichron Torath Moshe [indices to Talmud, Midrash, etc].

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$750

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

author

FIGO, MOSES.

printer

[Moses Parnes]

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1553

Description

First Edition. Title within elegant woodcut foliate border. A wide margined copy.

references

Vinograd, Const. 206; Yaari Const. 154.

summary

Important alphabetical subject index of the Talmud including citations to Moreh Nevuchim, Akeidah, Ikkarim, Derech Emunah, Neveh Shalom, Or Hashem. and Derashoth Haran. A work that lends significance to the history of scholarship in the 16th-century, indicating those works considered to be worthy of study at the time.
ff. (174). Stained in places, slight marginal worming, previous owners’ signatures and inscriptions on verso of title. Modern elegantly tooled calf. Folio.
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