Torath Chaim [novellae to Talmud Tractates Baba Kama, Baba Metzia and Baba Bathra].

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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author

SCHOR, AVRAHAM CHAIM.

printer

Tzvi Jaffe

Place

Lublin

Publication

1624

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within historiated woodcut architectural border incorporating printer’s device.

references

Vinograd, Lublin 154.

summary

R. Abraham Chaim Shorr (d.1632) was one of the eminent rabbis in Galicia and served as the rabbi of Belz and Sataniv. His Talmudic Chidushim are appreciated for their original interpretations - boldly disagreeing with both Rashi and Tosphoth and generally following the school of thought propounded by Maimonides. The Torath Chaim commentary to Tractates Eiruvin, Sanhedrin, Shavuoth, Avodah Zara, Chulin and Pesachim appeared in Cracow in.1634.

ff. 46, 45, 52. Opening six leaves remargined, previous owners' signatures and inscriptions on final leaf, paper repair on ff. 25-27 (Baba Metzia) affecting some text, small hole on ff. 15-16 (Baba Metzia) affecting a few letters, lower corner of final leaf repaired affecting some text, some staining. Modern calf. Folio.

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