Auction 86 - Part I - Rare & Important Items
Commentary on Tractate Avot by the Chassid Rabbi Yosef Yaavetz – Adrianopolis, 1555 – First Edition – One of the Few Hebrew Books Printed in Adrianopolis
Opening: $6,000
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for: $22,500
Including buyer's premium
Commentary on Tractate Avot, by the Chassid R. Yosef Yaavetz. Adrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey): Brothers [Solomon and Joseph] sons of Isaac Yaavetz (grandsons of the author), [1555]. First edition.
Signature on title page: "Mine Refael Uri Treves".
[96] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming and several open tears, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Minor tears to title page, repaired with paper. Without binding.
Only a few Hebrew books were ever printed in Adrianopolis.
The printers Solomon and Joseph Yaavetz founded a Hebrew press in Salonika, which operated in 1546-1551. They later transferred their press to Adrianopolis, where they printed a few books in 1554-1555. For more information on the Yaavetz brothers, see: A. Yaari, HaDfus HaIvri BeKushta, Jerusalem, 1967, pp. 26-27; Y. Hacker, Dfusei Kushta BaMe'ah HaShesh-Esreh, Areshet, 5, pp. 469-470.
Signature on title page: "Mine Refael Uri Treves".
[96] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming and several open tears, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Minor tears to title page, repaired with paper. Without binding.
Only a few Hebrew books were ever printed in Adrianopolis.
The printers Solomon and Joseph Yaavetz founded a Hebrew press in Salonika, which operated in 1546-1551. They later transferred their press to Adrianopolis, where they printed a few books in 1554-1555. For more information on the Yaavetz brothers, see: A. Yaari, HaDfus HaIvri BeKushta, Jerusalem, 1967, pp. 26-27; Y. Hacker, Dfusei Kushta BaMe'ah HaShesh-Esreh, Areshet, 5, pp. 469-470.
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