Ya’akov Eisenstadt. Toldoth Ya’akov [exposition to various Biblical and Talmudic passages].

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $350

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

William Tooke

Place

London

Publication

1770

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, London 59; Roth, London 19 (both with erroneous foliation).

summary

The First Book Printed by Jews in London. This work was “the first Hebrew book printed for a Jew in England, by Isaac b. Jedidiah Halevi, Moses b. Gerson and Jacob b. Issachar Cohen, who had secured typesetters from Holland and occupied a shop in the house of W. Tooke, an Englishman.” JE, V 83.

ff. (3), 65 [i. e. 64]. Ex-library, light stains. Contemporary marbled wrappers, worn, gutter split. 8vo.

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