Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Sefer Mavo Ha-Midrash. Chibur nifla al Ha-Torah ve-Chamesh Megillot kolel Poskim, Ma'amrim, Ma'asiyot u-Mashalim

Lemberg: Jakob Ehrenpreis, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 55 (7) leaves. Original three quarter cloth over black paper-covered boards. Pink end papers. Two title pages with decorative ruling. Chapters with decorative head and end pieces emphasizing the name of the Parasha (weekly reading of the Torah). Advertising for publisher's books in Yiddish at verso of the first title page, while the second title page has a more detailed description of the content of the book. The content are rulings, articles, stories and parables as they are found in Midrash Rabbah, ordered according the order of the weekly readings of the Torah, in a pure and clear language. Text in Hebrew (Rashi script). Binding with heavy wear, some scuffing, missing spine, bumped corners. Handwritten inscription of previous owner, Moshe Neufeld, Podgorze b. Krakau, at front free end paper. Foxing and minor staining on title pages. Age-toning throughout block. Starting at leave 52. Last five pages with some staining and sporadic foxing. Starting at inside back cover. Sporadic inked name stamps in margins throughout book, inside covers and on free end papers. Binding in overall poor, interior in good to good+ condition. poor to g+. Item #39547

Price: $75.00

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