Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Even Ha’ezer]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah.”

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $800

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author

FALK, JOSHUA KATZ.

printer

Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymos Jaffe

Place

Lublin

Publication

1638

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Woodcut printer’s device. Self-portrait illustration of former owner with beard and peyoth and inscription “Ani Menachem bar Rebbi [of] Pragah” (see f. 35a).

references

Vinograd, Lublin 190.

ff. 210 (i.e. 204). Stained and browned, many leaves expertly remargined and otherwise repaired, some marginal worming (mostly repaired). Modern calf. Thick folio.

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