Lingua: Ebraico
Editore: Hans Jacob Henne (Hans Yakopa Heneh), Hanau, 1610
Da: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. Original wooden boards. 290 x 220 mm. 117; [1], 91; [1], 59; [1], 140 leaves (= 234, 182, 280, 118 pages). However, the following are facsimiles: The first 7 leaves (13 pages); leaf Alef of Yore Dea; and the very last 2 leaves (pages 812 to 814 - verso of 84 is blank). al yedey ha-oman ha-na'aleh Hans Yakopa Heneh. Printed in double columns with marginal notes. Colophon is followed by indexes, a postscript by the corrector of the press, Selikman b. Moses Simon Ulma and a poem by the printer Moedecai b. Jacob of Prostitz. References: Steinschneider, Bodl., 5500 (12); Roest, p. 509, Anhang, 655; Davidson, Ozar ha-shirah, III, 353 (27). Vinograd Hanau Number 3. Abraham ben Avigdor, mi-Prag, 1542. Title page (here in facsimile) illustrated with sacrifice of Abraham, Moses and Aaron, and various animal motifs. Each of the four sections numbered separately. Code halakhique. Texte et pagination en hebreu. Chaque partie a un titre propre. Sig.(trois cahiers de 4 f. numerote 1 a 3, dix-sept cahiers de 6 f. nume?rote 4 a 20, un cahier de 4 f. numerote 21; quatorze cahiers de 6 f. numerotes 1 a 14, un cahier de 8 f. numerote 15; dix cahiers de 6 f. numerotes 1 a 10; vingt-deux cahiers de 6 f. numerote?s 1 a 22, un cahier de 8 f. numerote 23). Signatures en chiffres arabes et hebreux. Disposition hebrai?que. Titre-frontispice gr.s.b. avec le sacrifice d'Abraham, personnages bibliques (Moise et David?) et motifs d'animaux. Despite the antiquity and prestige of the Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main, Hebrew printing in that city did not begin in earnest until the latter half of the seventeenth century. Before that point, Frankfurt Jews were forced to produce their books elsewhere. In 1609, three such Jews - Yitshak Isaac Langenbach zum Krebs, Abraham zum gulden Schaaf, and Samuel zur weißen Rosen - petitioned neighboring Hanau to allow them to publish there. Their petition was successful, and they, together with a local Hanau Jew and the printer Hans Jacob Henne, were granted a Hebrew printing privilege for ten years in return for fifty gulden per annum. From 1610 until 1622, the Henne press issued twenty-seven titles, including this book. One of the first Hebrew books to feature Moses and Aaron on the title page.