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LOT 81:
Set of Mishnah – Etz HaChaim – Livorno, 1653-1654 / Berlin, 1717 – Signatures of Rabbi Yehudah Mendola, Italian ...
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Sold for: $650 (₪2,310)
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Set of Mishnah – Etz HaChaim – Livorno, 1653-1654 / Berlin, 1717 – Signatures of Rabbi Yehudah Mendola, Italian Rabbi, Disciple and Peer of the Ramchal
Six Orders of the Mishnah, with commentary of Rashi and Etz HaChaim by R. Yisrael Yaakov Chagiz, orders Zeraim, Moed, Nashim, Nezikin and Taharot; Livorno: Yedidiah Gabbai, 1653-1654; order Kodashim, Berlin: printer not indicated, [1717]. Six volumes.
Six-volume set of Mishnah with Rashi and Etz HaChaim commentaries, comprised of five volumes of the Livorno edition and one volume of the Berlin edition.
Most of the volumes are the first edition of the important Etz HaChaim commentary on the Mishnah (the orders of Zeraim and Kodashim had been printed previously).
Signature on title page of the order of Zeraim: "Yehudah Mendola", with additional signatures of his (with his secular name) at the end of the order of Nashim: "Leon Mendola". R. Yehudah Mendola (d. 1752) was a rabbi of Padua, Rovigo and Mantua in the first half of the 18th century. Disciple and colleague of the Ramchal, and one of his supporters.
Ownership inscriptions on title page of Kodashim: "Leib son of R. Tzvi Hirsch"; and another inscription: "Purchased by me, Azriel of Gaya" [possibly R. Azriel Katz, rabbi in Gaya (Kyjov) and Gewitsch (Jevíčko); see: Shalshelet Zahav, Ahavat Shalom edition, Jerusalem 2001, p. 15, note 12].
Six volumes. Zeraim: 24; 175 leaves. Moed: 284 leaves. Nashim: 223 leaves. Nezikin: 2-302 leaves. Title page lacking. Leaf 297 appears twice (second time between leaves 301 and 302). Kodashim: [1], 136, 139-150 leaves. Taharot: 289, 298-368 leaves. Lacking 8 leaves: 290-297. 14.5-17 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (large dark stains to last leaves of Nezikin volume). Tears, including small open tears affecting text in several places. Title page of Kodashim volume reinforced by mounting on paper. Margins of some leaves reinforced with paper. Worming, affecting text. Close trimming, affecting text in several places (mainly to Kodashim volume). Many stamps and various inscriptions. Old bindings.
