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Auction 55 · Lot 190
Beith Yehudah [compilation of supplementary Aggadoth, with commentary]
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA.
Description
FIRST EDITION. Wide-margined copy.
references
Vinograd, Venice 1207.
summary
Modena’s additional collection of Aggadoth was incorporated in later editions of the Ein Ya’akov. His original comments are prefaced by “Amar Ha-Boneh” (the builder states).
Modena was a most enigmatic figure: rabbi, scholar and by his own admission a gambler who tried to get rid of this vice. His literary virtuosity continues to stimulate research and “serves as a prism of his society and culture”. See D. Malkiel (Ed.), The Lion Shall Roar: Leon Modena and His World (2003).
ff. 37, (1), 48, (4). Title supplied from a slightly shorter copy, light wear, small marginal tear on f. 2 not affecting text, marginal note in an Italian hand on f. 37b (tractate Zevachim), slight marginal worming on final leaves. Modern calf. Folio.
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