Zichron Torat Moshe, index of rabbinic passages in both Talmudim, Midrashim and early books, by R. Moshe Piccio. Constantinople: [Moshe son of Elazar Parnas HaRofe], 1554. First edition.

The year of printing is given as 1554 on the title page, while the colophon on p. [132a] is dated 11th Tamuz 1553 (another colophon on p. [170b], lacking in the present copy, is dated 8th Elul 1553).

On last leaf, signature of censor Camillo Jaghel, dated 1617.

Handwritten references in margins and within text on most leaves. Several glosses.

[171] leaves. Missing 3 leaves towards the end of the book (leaves [170], [172]-[173]). 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large, dark dampstains, and traces of former dampness with light mold stains. Worming, tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text, partially repaired with paper filling. Some leaves in several places may have been supplied from another copy. Stamp. New leather binding.

On the printer, see: A. Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri BeKushta, no. 154; Yosef Hacker, Areshet, V, p. 484. On a copy with variants to title page and other pages, see: Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Sefarim, Kiryat Sefer, IV, 1927-1928, p. 277, no. 31.

Provenance: Christie's, Amsterdam, December 1990, Lot 396.

CB, no. 6463,1; Zedner, p. 573.