Takanoth [communal prohibitions, proscribing modesty in material pleasures].

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

(PRAGUE).

printer

n.p

Place

(Prague)

Publication

1767

Description

Text in Judeo-German printed in wayber-taytsch font. With rare supplementary leaf. Endorsed by Chief Rabbi Yechezkel Landau (The Noda BeYehuda).

references

Vinograd, Prague 902; Mehlman 1663.

summary

Both Vinograd (noting Freimann’s census of Prague imprints) and Mehlman record only four leaves. The present copy has an additional leaf listing some thirty names - commencing with the great R. Ezekiel Landau - all leaders of the Community, attesting and affirming the contents of these communal regulations.

ff. (4), (1). Modern boards. 4to.

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