Sentences et Proverbes du Talmud et du Midrasch. Suivis du Traite d’Aboth.

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $150

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author

SCHUHL, MOISE.

printer

L’Imprimerie Nationale

Place

Paris

Publication

1878

Description

First edition.

summary

Over 1,300 proverbs extracted from the Talmud as well as Midrashic sources; provided in Hebrew and translated into French, with occasional commentary by the author. Moise Schuhl (1845-1911) was a French rabbi who served the pulpits of Saint Etienne, Vesoul and Epinal.

pp. xii, 543. Lightly foxed. Contemporary calf with Eleazar ben Azariah’s exhortation (Berachoth f. 27b) tooled on upper cover (misspelled). Tall 4to.

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