IBN EZRA, Joseph ben Isaac (c. 1560-1620). Sefer Massa Melekh (halakhic treatise on communal taxes). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

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IBN EZRA, Joseph ben Isaac (c. 1560-1620). Sefer Massa Melekh (halakhic treatise on communal taxes). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

[Central or Eastern Europe, 17th-18th century]

2o (320 x 200 mm). 72 leaves. Brown ink. Ashkenazic semi-cursive script. With decorated, pseudo-architectural title-page. (Slightly dampstained at the top, not affecting text, otherwise excellent condition.) Modern blind and gold-tooled dark red leather binding, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front.

CONTENTS:
Fols. 1r: title-page; 1v: blank; 2r-65r: text; 65r-72v: indexes.

Copied from the printed edition (Salonica 1601; Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 669, no. 161).

PROVENANCE:
Akiva ben A[or E ...] [...]essler (signature on title-page difficult to read). The same owner signed his name on MS Oxford Mich. 371.

REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 147, p. 46; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4808.

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