Mei Naftoach [on Maimonides’s introduction to Seder Taharoth]. ff. (9), 64. * Bound with: Mayim Tehorim [commentary to Mishnah Seder Taharoth]. ff. (2), 50, (2)

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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

author

EDEL, YEHUDAH LEIB.

printer

Aaron Halevi Horowitz

Place

Bialystok

Publication

1816-17

Description

FIRST EDITIONS. THE RABBI YAAKOV YITZCHAK RUDERMAN COPY, with his signature on recto and verso of front fly leaf, first leaf, f. 29a, and title of second work.

references

Vinograd, Bialystok 16 and 17 (JNUL copy incomplete).

summary

Two scarce works on a difficult, esoteric topic. The author, known as the Maggid of Slonim, eulogized the Vilna Gaon in his homiletic work Afikei Yehudah.

Previous owners’ marks, stained and worn, opening title creased. Contemporary boards, worn. Folio.

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