Bidspirit auction | Tzenah URenah – With Woodcuts

Tzenah URenah – With Woodcuts – Amsterdam, 1782 – With Shacharit and Musaf Prayers for Shabbat - Tzenah URenah Benot Tzion, Yiddish commentary selected from Midrash on the Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and Five Megillot, by the preacher R. Yaakov son of Yitzchak Ashkenazi of Yanov. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his brother-in-law Baruch Madpis, [1782]. Yiddish. Over 60 illustrations incorporated within text (woodcuts). Early handwritten signatures on title page and several other leaves: ”Nechemiah P[ituchei] Ch[otam]”. [1], 510, 24 leaves. Lacking leaf [2] at beginning of book. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases, stains and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves, affecting text, some repaired with paper filling. Early leather binding, with defects and wear to spine. Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans. Rare. Few copies recorded in WorldCat. To the best of our knowledge, the present book has never before been auctioned.