Sepher Rav Alfas [Rabbinic Code].

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

ALFASI, ISAAC BEN JACOB (RI”F).

printer

Johannes Wust

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1699

Description

Three volumes. With scarce additional leaves at end of vol. III containing full page woodcut illustrations of a falcon and a crane (alluding to the names of those who published this edition). Presentation inscription from Dayan Schneur Worms of Eichstadt, 1845.

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 151.

summary

An attractive pocket sized set. Produced for the students of the Beth Hamidrash of Frankfurt “from where the light of Torah is spread throughout world” (see introduction).

ff. Vol. I: (4), 448 (Vinograd calls for only 445); Vol. II: (3), 338; Vol. III: 430, (3). Some staining, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary boards, some wear. 12mo.

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