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Auction 55 · Lot 300

Isserles, Moses (ReM”A). Darkei Moshe [on Tur Yoreh Deah]. With commentary Orach Mishor by Yochanan Kremnitzer.

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(SCHWARTZ, JOSEPH HACOHEN).

printer

M. Bloch

Place

Sulzbach

Publication

1692

Description

FIRST EDITION. Extensive autograph marginal notes and a lengthy inscription on the front flyleaf and title page by R. Joseph HaCohen Schwartz. And with signature of Wolf HaLevi Boskowitz on title (author of Seder LeMishnah on Maimonides’s Mishneh Torah).

references

Vinograd, Sulzbach 32.

summary

Editor of the Torah journal Vayelaket Yoseph, Rabbi Joseph HaCohen Schwartz (1875-1944) was one of the most prominent pre-war Hungarian rabbinic scholars. Among his works are Ginzei Yoseph, Hadrath Kodesh, VaYitzbor Yoseph, Zikaron LeMoshe, Moed Ko Chai, and many other monographs and biographies. His notes to the present work exhibit exceptional erudition and a wide breadth of knowledge with a particular focus in areas of history and bibliography.
ff. (1),105 (of 109). Fore-edges worn, stained. Modern boards, housed in a modern fitted calf box. Folio.
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