Lot 233
Mishnayot with Vowels – Menashe Ben Israel, Amsterdam 1646
Mishnayot, Parts 1-2, printed with vowels and proof read with explanations of foreign words in alphabetical order (Rabbi Menashe Ben Israel), Amsterdam 1646. Printed by Joseph Ben Israel “in the house of his father Rabbi Menashe Ben Israel”
“With all the versions and many corrections which were collected from the Tosphot Yom Tov and a book proof read by Rabbi Solomon Adani”.
In this edition Rabbi Menashe Ben Israel began printing the Mishnayot with vowelization, which was done with great care by himself and Rabbi Abraham De Leon [this after another edition was printed in Constantinople 1644-1645].
This copy lacks the title page of Part 1 and the five following leaves, which were added in square pointed handwriting. The scribe added an illustrated title page in which he copied the original wording, and also signed his name “This title page with the handwritten leaves I, Issac Matz wrote on Heshvan 21, 1841, here in Offenbach”.
Part 1 [Zeraim, Moed, and Nashim]: Missing beginning. [6] pages completed by handwriting. Leaves 5-113. Part 2 [Nezikin, Kodashim and Teharot]: leaves 116-160, 162, 275, 14 cm. pages cut down to running heading. Good condition, stains and wear, damaged binding, partly detached, stamps and ownership inscription.
