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Auction 47 · Lot 2

Zichron Aharon

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$300

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author

AARON PORIS BEN BENJAMIN

printer

Sons of Judah Bak

Place

Prague

Publication

1682-83

Description

FIRST EDITION. Lengthy marginal note on f. 24b

references

Vinograd, Prague 528; Mehlman 989

summary

Re-formatted issue of Aaron Berachia’s Ma’avar Yabok: A guide relating to the care of the dying and death-bed ritual, along with funeral practices and reflections upon the After-Life. A rare Prague edition
ff. (36). Dampstained, tear on final leaf affecting text, marginal worming. Later boards, worn. 8vo
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