Auction 54 · Lot 171

Yefeh Mareh [on the Aggadic portions of the Jerusalem Talmud]

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

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

author

JAFFE, SAMUEL BEN ISAAC ASCHKENAZI.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1590

Description

Second edition.

references

Vinograd, Venice 742; Habermann, di Gara 115; Adams T-112.

summary

R. Samuel Jaffe (d. late 16th century), was spiritual leader of the Aschkenazi community of Constantinople and is justly famous for his commentaries to the Midrash Rabbah: Yefeh To’ar and Yefeh Eynayim. As explained in the introduction to the present Yefeh Mareh, the author composed the commentary to the Aggadoth in the Jerusalem Talmud since they oftimes overlap the Aggadoth in Midrash Rabbah. In doing so, Jaffe trod virgin soil. As he points out in his introduction, the only previous attempt to unpack these treasures of the Jerusalem Talmud was the feeble effort by the author of Eyn Yaakov, R. Jacob ibn Habib. See EJ, Vol. IX col. 1266.

ff. 331. Previous owner’s signature and inscription on title in an Italian hand, censor’s signature on final page, slight worming on title and first two leaves, hole on bottom of final leaf affecting some words of the index. Old tooled calf. Folio.

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