Auction 62
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Aug 28, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 64:
Shtei Yadot – Venice, 1618
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Sold for: $800
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Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17%
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Shtei Yadot – Venice, 1618
Shtei Yadot, midrashim, prayers, piyyutim and more, by R. Menachem de Lonzano. Venice: Giovanni Cajon for Pietro and Lorenzo Bragadin, 1618.
The book is comprised of two sections – "two hands", each hand containing five "fingers". Includes many topics: Or Torah on the text of the Torah; midrashim; piyyutim, songs and prayer services; linguistics and philosophy; ethics, Jewish thought and more.
62, 65-76, 75-176 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear to the first leaves. Marginal tears to the title page, repaired. Minor tears in a few places, without loss. Old binding, damaged, back detached.
Regarding this book and its author, see: Meir Wander, Toldot HaMechaber, at the beginning of Derech Chaim, Lviv 1931, pp. XVI-XXVIII; S.H. Kook, Midrash Agur, Kiryat Sefer, 28, 1952-1953, pp. 206-209 (Iyunim U'Mechkarim, 1, Jerusalem 1959, pp. 241-245).
