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Auction 3 · Lot 1

Divrei Hapurim [translation of the Targum Sheni on the Book of Esther]

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$375

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

author

AARON BEN MORDECHAI OF TREBITSCH.

printer

for the Daughter of Doctor Grillo

Place

Frankfurt o/Oder

Publication

1794

Description

FIRST EDITION. Yiddish translation printed in Wayber-taytsch type. The Judah A. Joffe copy

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt o/Oder 440; A. Yaari, Nashim Bemelecheth Hakodesh, in: Mechkarei Sepher (1958) p. 276 no. 59

summary

Accompanied By Three Additional Renderings of the Targum Sheni: Nopheth Tzuphim, Vilna, 1834. Metzach Aharon, Lemberg 1805 and Another Edition, Nowydwor, 1812. (Together 4 volumes). IMPORTANT NOTICE. The majority of Books offered here bear the book-plate of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Additionally, opening and closing leaves of many volumes may contain one or more of the following: penciled or ink-stamped accession numbers, embossed stamps, ex libris, signatures or other identifying forms of ownership. In all cases these points are not recorded in catalogue-entries. Specific detail relating to Provenance is only noted when of particular interest. Nothwithstanding Paragraph 2 of the Conditions of Sale, this Important Notice shall take precedence.
ff. 56. Browned, marginal wear. Contemporary boards, broken. 4to
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