Modechai Kahane Rapaport. Imrei Noam [ethics and medicine (especially for children)]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $5,500

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

author

(MEDICINE).

printer

Tzvi Hirsch b. Aryeh Leib

Place

Oleksinetz

Publication

1768

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew text, with prescriptions in Latin.

references

Vinograd Oleksinetz 6 (locating just one copy); H. Liberman, Ohel Rachel Vol. I, p. 434.

summary

According to H. Liberman (Ohel Rachel Vol. III, p. 29), Oleksinetz was the first printing press to be established in the Ukraine. All books issued there are scarce. The author was the Rabbi of Oleksinetz who states on the title that this work encompasses both healing of the soul and healing of the body.

ff. 16. Slight repair to title, touch stained, margins minimally frayed, previous owners marks. Modern calf. 12mo.

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