Bidspirit auction | AHARON BEN SHMUEL. Beith Aharon

AHARON BEN SHMUEL. Beith Aharon [index to Biblical passages explained in Talmudic, Midrashic and later Rabbinic literature]. FIRST EDITION. Title has vignettes of Aaron the Priest and Samuel the Prophet (an allusion to the author's name). The woodcuts are done in the manner of folk art and signed “F. Z.” Divisional titles for Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim. ff. 2, 2, 178. Browned. Later boards. Folio. Vinograd, Frankfurt-on-the-Oder 41. Frankfurt on der Oder, Johann Christoph Beckmann, 1690. The author viewed his work as a continuation of the earlier Toldoth Aharon, by Aaron of Pesaro (see Lot 106). Whereas Toldoth Aharon provided Talmudic references, the scope of Beith Aharon also included Midrashic and Kabbalistic literature.