Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Tiferet Yisrael by the Maharal of Prague - First Edition - Venice, 1599

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Tiferet Yisrael, on the virtue of Torah and mitzvot, by the Maharal of Prague. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1599].
On the title page, the Maharal is referred to as "The exceptional Torah scholar… yeshiva dean, R. Yehuda Loew son of R. Betzalel, whose concealed might and light of his Torah is in the holy community of Prague, Bohemia".
Ownership inscription in early Ashkenazic script attesting to the purchase of the book in 1650: "G-d granted me the merit of purchasing this book… from the hands of R. Moshe Winzenheim, Monday of Parashat Shoftim, 1640, so says Aharon son of Yoshia, here Rappschwihr (Ribeauvillé)…". Another signature: "I acquired it with my wealth Yitzchak Eizik of Romsweiler", "Avraham Yitzchak Luntschitz(?)".
Handwritten correction on p. 9a.
65 leaves. 30.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal dampstains to some leaves. Extensive worming. Worming and minor tears to margins of title page, affecting border. Title page and several other leaves detached. Without binding.
This copy includes leaf 65, which is lacking in many copies. Its heading reads: "This is pertinent to leaf 49, page 4, section 25, and was omitted there".
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