David Tevele Katzenellenbogen. Mayan Mei Nifto’ach [novellae to Talmud Tractate Yevamoth].

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $550

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author

(RUSSIA)

printer

The Red Agitator Press

Place

(St.) Petersburg

Publication

1923

Description

FIRST EDITION. Some marginalia folio 7.

references

C. Shmeruk, Jewish Publications in the Soviet Union (1961) no. 152.

summary

The author (1850-1930) was appointed Chief Rabbi of St. Petersburg in 1908, a position he held until his death. Due to the uncommon respect he received from the Soviet authorities, Katzenellenbogen was allowed to publish this text, one of the very last traditional works of Hebrew scholarship issued under the Communist regime.

ff. (2), 47, (1). Ex-library, browned and brittle. marginalia on f.7. Contemporary boards, spine worn. Folio.

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