Abraham Chaim Wagenaar. Toldoth Ya’avetz. Edited with additions by G. I. Polak.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(EMDEN, JACOB).

printer

I. Levisson

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1868

Description

FIRST EDITION . Hebrew text, additional German title-page. Chief Rabbi Justus Tal copy, with his bookplate and signature. Few marginal notes.

summary

Excellent bio-bibliographic work on R. Jacob Emden and his writings. Also contains previously unpublished correspondence and responsa between Emden and Moses Mendelssohn. Plus a listing and explanation of 1700 abbreviations noted in Emden’s Siddur Amudei Shamayim.

pp. (12), 66, (52). Endpapers loose. Contemporary boards. 8vo.

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