(Ein Ya’akov) [Aggadoth of the Talmud]

Estimate: $20,000–$30,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

IBN HABIB, JACOB

printer

Yehuda Gedalia, circa

Place

Salonika

Publication

1516-22

Description

First Edition. Two parts in two volumes. Printed without a title page. Extensive notes by a previous owner in Vol. I. This copy with variant printing compared to the Mehlman copy.

references

Vinograd, Salonika 8 (NLI copy incomplete); Mehlman 192; St. Cat. Bod. 5518,1 (Expll. sunt rarissima).

summary

RARE FIRST EDITION. The Ein Ya’akov is a compilation of all the Aggadic material in the Talmud, the aim being to familiarize the public with the ethical spirit of Talmudic literature. The author died midway through production and the work was completed by his son, Levi ibn Habib. See M.J. Heller, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book, Vol. I p. 93.

Mispaginated. Many paper repairs to both volumes with loss of text. Vol. I: Contains total of ff. 185. Lacking ff. 1-4, 6-12, 18-19, 26, 28-29, 31-36, 150, 192, pp. 395-405. Also lacking the rare index and afterword (ff. 18) as in most copies. * Vol II: pp. 421 (i.e. 422), (7), ff. 15 (of 16). Modern calf, spine gilt. Sm. folio. Sold not subject to return.

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