Malkiel [philosophical explanations of reward and punishment, Gehinom, the Tree of Knowledge,].

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $4,000

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author

MALKIEL CHEZKIAH BEN ABRAHAM.

printer

Eliezer Treves

Place

Thiengen

Publication

1560

Description

FIRST EDITION. With scholarly marginal notes in an early Ashkenazic hand, previous owner’s signature plus manuscript listing of Talmudic tractates on verso of title, another owner’s signature on f. 18 (Lazarus Samuels).

references

Vinograd, Thiengen 5; St. Bodl. 4743 (rariss).

summary

Malkiel discusses here concepts of the Afterlife, reward and punishment, the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Knowledge, Og King of Bashan and other enigmatic Aggadic material. The fifth of only seven Hebrew books printed between 1560-67 in this small German town (today called Waldshut-Tiengen) situated along the Swiss border in the province of Baden-Württemberg. All the Thiengen Hebrew imprints are scarce - indeed all are entirely unknown to Adams.

ff. 22. Some staining, slight marginal repairs. Modern calf. 4to.

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