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Zichron Torath Moshe [indices to Talmud, Midrash, etc.]

Auction 74 · Lot 73

Zichron Torath Moshe [indices to Talmud, Midrash, etc.]

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$1,000

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

author

FIGO, MOSES

printer

Moses Parnes

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1553

Description

First Edition. Title within elegant woodcut foliate border.

references

Vinograd, Const. 206.

summary

Important alphabetical subject index of the Talmud including citations to Moreh Nevuchim, Akeidah, Ikkarim, Derech Emunah, Neveh Shalom, Or Hashem and Derashoth HaRa’n. - Zichron Torath Moshe lends significance to the history of scholarship of the 16th century, indicating as it does, those works considered at the time to be worthy of study.
ff. (174). Variously stained, title worn and extended to size, final several leaves repaired with some loss, fore-edges worn, purchase inscription on title. Modern morocco. Folio.
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