Lot 193
Rare Remnants of Printings of Ancient Pesaro and Salonika
Rare remnants of books printed in Salonika and Pesaro, during the 16th and 17th hundreds.
1. Four leaves of the first edition of Ein Ya’akov [printing upon parchment]. [Salonika, 1516].
2. Tractate Baba Kama – 7 leaves of the edition printed in Pesaro [c. 1511].
3. Leaf of Tractate Baba Metzia. Salonika, between 1651-1655. Avraham Ger Tzedek Printing.
4. Two leaves of Tractate Beitza. Salonika, between 1651-1655. Avraham Ger Tzedek Printing.
5. 11 leaves of the Arba’ah Turim edition printed in Salonika between 1440-1540.
Some of these editions are exceptionally rare and complete copies barely exist, some are bibliographically unknown.
Various sizes and conditions [general condition poor].
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
