(ANAV, YECHIEL BEN YEKUTHIEL(?) / ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM(?))....
(ANAV, YECHIEL BEN YEKUTHIEL(?) / ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM(?)).
Sepher Tanya.
FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title.
ff. 99 (of 100), lacking final leaf with table of contents starting. Some staining, marginal repairs, previous owner’s inscriptions. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 16; Mehlman 725.
Mantua: Samuel Latif 1514
Composed in the 13th century, the Sepher Tanya is a compilation of Jewish law and custom as applied by the Jews of Italy (Minhag Bnei Roma). There is considerable overlap between the present work and another work of the same genre, Shibolei HaLeket also composed by Zedekiah Anav. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 937-38 and M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature Vol. II, pp. 130-32 regarding the disputatious authorship of Sepher Tanya.
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(ANAV, YECHIEL BEN YEKUTHIEL(?) / ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM(?)).
Sepher Tanya.
FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title.
ff. 99 (of 100), lacking final leaf with table of contents starting. Some staining, marginal repairs, previous owner’s inscriptions. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 16; Mehlman 725.
Mantua: Samuel Latif 1514
Composed in the 13th century, the Sepher Tanya is a compilation of Jewish law and custom as applied by the Jews of Italy (Minhag Bnei Roma). There is considerable overlap between the present work and another work of the same genre, Shibolei HaLeket also composed by Zedekiah Anav. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 937-38 and M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature Vol. II, pp. 130-32 regarding the disputatious authorship of Sepher Tanya.