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Auction 57

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM UTC

Masechet Makkot in a pocket format, rare. Special edition, Wilhermsdorf 1736. Antique notes.

Start price: $200

Buyer's premium:

Masechet Makkot, with Rashi’s commentary and Tosafot and Piskei Tosafot, with Chiddushei HaMaharsha at the end. Special edition prepared for the mitzvah of “u’vaLechtecha BaDerech”—printed in a pocket format to make it easier to carry while, on the other hand, the division of the pages and their shape is different from the normal division so that each page in the normal editions is spread over 3 pages to facilitate the study itself, while being in larger letters.


[88] leaves. Catalogued in the National Library’s Rare Books section.
Rare for its small size, 17x10cm. Pages worn from use, repaired title page, creases and stains, Antique leather binding, fair condition.

The title page and body of the work (and end) have antique Ashkenazi notes which are difficult to read but testify that the work passed through several hands. Some of the names include: “David bar Aharon z”l[?]. The body of the work, before the Maharsha, has a comicalnote: “This book belongs to the person who bought it. Who bought it? He who gave the coins for it. Who gave the coins? Whoever opened his hand. The young Yehoshua ben Natan HaKohen.”. The last leaf has a note: “the young Shlomo Levi of Altin Kunstadt.” “This gemara belongs to the aluf torani … studying in Torn[?], today, the first day of Adar Sheni, 1790?1760?1743?, I lent this gemara…”