Sepher Tanya.

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(ANAV, YECHIEL BEN YEKUTHIEL(?) / ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM(?)).

printer

Samuel Latif

Place

Mantua

Publication

1514

Description

FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 16; Mehlman 725.

summary

Composed in the 13th century, the Sepher Tanya is a compilation of Jewish law and custom as applied by the Jews of Italy (Minhag Bnei Roma). There is considerable overlap between the present work and another work of the same genre, Shibolei HaLeket also composed by Zedekiah Anav. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 937-38 and M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature Vol. II, pp. 130-32 regarding the disputatious authorship of Sepher Tanya.

ff. 99 (of 100), lacking final leaf with table of contents starting. Some staining, marginal repairs, previous owner’s inscriptions. Modern calf. Sm. 4to.

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