Beschreibung:

Midrash. Pesikta Rabbati , edited by Isaac ben Chayyim Kohen. [Prague, Bak Press, c. 1653], 18.1 x 13.4 cm. Rare first edition; [1] title + 74 leaves + inserted blanks (interleaved copy); title within architectural border, title detached, inner margin frayed, shortly cut without loss of decoration, library stamp and owner's inscriptions, browning, minor wormhole through leaves 49-63, affecting single letters in lower margins, short copy, 19th Century half-leather, cloth boards, front and back covers detached, spine damaged, sprinkled edges, in general very good condition. Cowley 524; Zedner 633; Roest 928 + Anhang 1657; see esp. Moshe Sanders, Pesikta Rabbati, defus rishon, in Areshet vol. 3, pp. 99-101 (titlepage illustrated on p. 100).