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(SHa”CH). Poal Tzedek [the 613 precepts divided according to the seven days of the week]

Auction 28 · Lot 195

(SHa”CH). Poal Tzedek [the 613 precepts divided according to the seven days of the week]

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$400

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

author

KATZ, SHABTHAI BEN MEIR

printer

The grandchildren of Judah Bak

Place

Prague

Publication

1722

Description

Second edition. Title with engraved portraits of Moses and Aaron. Printer’s device on f.3v

references

Vinograd, Prague 813

summary

With material not printed in later editions; e.g. a poem (not listed by Davidson) with the author’s name in acrostics starting “Ana HaShem Elokei Yisrael Shelach eth Mashiach HaGoel...” Also with a “kethav eiduth” by the Sha"ch’s grandson, Yitzchak b. Moshe, attesting that the family is a direct descendent of Saul Wahl, the legendary “King for a day” of Poland
ff. (28). Some staining, marginalia. Calf-backed boards. Rubbed. 8vo
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