Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Tzenah URenah – Frankfurt, 1741 – Woodcuts
Opening: $250
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Tzenah URenah, Yiddish commentary on the Torah, haftarot and Five Megillot, by R. Yaakov Ashkenazi of Yanov (Janów Lubelski). Frankfurt am Main: David Jakob Kronau, 1741.
Over 30 illustrations incorporated in the text (woodcuts).
Death inscription on last endpaper, dated 1810.
[1], 269 leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (particularly dark stains on last leaves). Wear. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and several marginal open tears, affecting title frame, partially repaired with tape. Certain words emphasized in color in several places. New binding.
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries 