Sivuv HaRav R. Pethachiah MeRegensburg. With Midrash Jonah.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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

author

(TRAVEL).

printer

Moshe Bon, circa

Place

Altona

Publication

(1770)

references

Vinograd, Altona 254 (erroneous date); Roest, 1380.

summary

Attractive edition of the travels of R. Pethachiah of Regensburg, who in (approximately) the year 1175 set out on his travels, making his way through Poland and Russia to the Crimea, from there to Tartary, Khazaria, Armenia, Kurdistan, Babylonia, Syria, and Eretz Israel. The author was the brother of the Tosafist R. Yitzchak HaLavan and lived in the time of R. Yehudah HaChassid.

ff. 12. Previous owner’s signature on title, some staining. Modern calf-backed marbled boards.

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