Anaf Etz Avot, R. Samuel Zinvil Kahana, Cracow 1903
ענף עץ אבות - Only Edition - Biography
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- Lot Number 48506
- Title (English) Anaf Etz Avot
- Title (Hebrew) ענף עץ אבות
- Note Only Edition
- Author R. Samuel Zinvil Kahana
- City Cracow
- Publisher Jacob Fischer
- Publication Date 1903
- Estimated Price - Low 300
- Estimated Price - High 600
- Item # 1467311
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Physical Description
Only edition,quarto, [7], 70, [1 foldout b/w photos], xxxvi, [2] pp. 225:155 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A good copy bound in the original soft wrappers, tears.
Detail Description
Only edition of this biographical and historical work on the Horowitz, Heilperin, Rapoporṭ, Margulies, Schorr, and Ḳaznelnbogen families by R. Samuel Zinvil Kahana. There is a one line half title-page followed by a German and then a detailed Hebrew title-pages. The Hebrew title-page informs that Anaf Etz Avot is in two parts, the first on the roots of the families, that is, R. Eliezer Lippa ha-Levi Horowitz aned his wife. The second part is on the derivative families. The families named are among the most distinguished in Eastern European Jewish history and this work is a detailed and insightful work on the families and their genealogy. At the end is a foldout page with photographs of matzavot pertaining to the family.
Hebrew Description
Reference
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000141053; BE alef 971