Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Tzafnat Paneach (Sermons of Rabbi Yosef di Trani) – Venice, 1648 – First Edition – Early Leather Binding
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Tzafnat Paneach, sermons on the Torah by R. Yosef di Trani, Rabbi of Constantinople – the Maharit. Venice: Francesco Viezzeri for Andrea Vendramin, 1648. First edition.
Ownership inscription on title page: "Belongs to the official R. Nata Schwabach". Another ownership inscription on endpaper: "I gave this book Tzafnat Paneach as a gift to the groom R. Nata son of my mechutan, community leader of the country, Eliyahu Ber of Schwabach, today, first day of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 1877. Yaakov Steinhart, dayan in Gunzenhausen".
[4], 3-235, [1] leaves. Lacking 13 index leaves at end of book. Misfoliation. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness. Light wear and creases to several leaves. Tears and open tears to several leaves, affecting text. Worming, affecting text. Early leather binding, decorated, with clasps. Wear and defects to binding (open tear to top of spine).
CB, no. 6016, 1; Zedner, p. 349; Roest, p. 589.
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries