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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
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Handwritten parchment leaf, a section from Piskei HaRosh with Hagahot Asheri. [Germany, ca. end of 14th century or beginning of 15th century].
The leaf was cut for use in binding. Ashkenazic semi-cursive script, one gloss from Hagahot Asheri is in smaller writing, in a "window". This fragment contains Piskei HaRosh to Tractate Moed Katan, Chapter III (sections 80-85).
Three other leaves of this manuscript have survived and were bound at the end of a Rav Alfas manuscript (British Library, Margoliouth Catalogue no. 474) from 1386, containing passages of Tractates Moed Katan (Chapters I and III), Sukkah and Berachot. It seems that those leaves were also used in binding. See enclosed material.
[1] parchment leaf. Loss of text due to trimming to size of binding. Height: 19.5 cm. Width: 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, some particularly dark. Several holes affecting text.
The leaf was cut for use in binding. Ashkenazic semi-cursive script, one gloss from Hagahot Asheri is in smaller writing, in a "window". This fragment contains Piskei HaRosh to Tractate Moed Katan, Chapter III (sections 80-85).
Three other leaves of this manuscript have survived and were bound at the end of a Rav Alfas manuscript (British Library, Margoliouth Catalogue no. 474) from 1386, containing passages of Tractates Moed Katan (Chapters I and III), Sukkah and Berachot. It seems that those leaves were also used in binding. See enclosed material.
[1] parchment leaf. Loss of text due to trimming to size of binding. Height: 19.5 cm. Width: 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, some particularly dark. Several holes affecting text.
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Collection of ancient handwritten leaves, which were retrieved from geniza. Mostly complete leaves.
· Gathering of six leaves out of a manuscript composition on Mitzvot, in Judeo-Arabic, from a chapter discussing the laws of ritual slaughtering. It appears to be a Karaite work. Early oriental square script. [13th/14th century].
[6] leaves, [12] written pages. 18 cm. 21 lines per page. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Large tears affecting text in several places.
· Two leaves, out of a medical composition in Judeo-Arabic. Early oriental semi-cursive script. [14th/15th century]. Out of chapters on eye care. A diagram appears on p. [3].
[2] leaves, [4] written pages. 17.5 cm. 15-16 lines per page. Fair condition. Stains, tears and wear, affecting text.
· Two leaves, three of the pages contain Arabic inscriptions (presumably concerning commerce), and the fourth page contains lists in Arabic in Hebrew script. Early oriental semi-cursive script. [15th century?].
[2] leaves, [4] written pages. 18 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, wear and tears, affecting text.
· Gathering of six leaves out of a manuscript composition on Mitzvot, in Judeo-Arabic, from a chapter discussing the laws of ritual slaughtering. It appears to be a Karaite work. Early oriental square script. [13th/14th century].
[6] leaves, [12] written pages. 18 cm. 21 lines per page. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Large tears affecting text in several places.
· Two leaves, out of a medical composition in Judeo-Arabic. Early oriental semi-cursive script. [14th/15th century]. Out of chapters on eye care. A diagram appears on p. [3].
[2] leaves, [4] written pages. 17.5 cm. 15-16 lines per page. Fair condition. Stains, tears and wear, affecting text.
· Two leaves, three of the pages contain Arabic inscriptions (presumably concerning commerce), and the fourth page contains lists in Arabic in Hebrew script. Early oriental semi-cursive script. [15th century?].
[2] leaves, [4] written pages. 18 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, wear and tears, affecting text.
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Leaves from Incunabula and Early Manuscripts
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
Nine leaf fragments from a "binding geniza" – the Radak commentary on Neviim Acharonim (Yeshaya), printed in Guadalajara (Spain): R. Shlomo Alkabetz, 1482.
The margins contain completions of verses in Sephardic handwriting from the time of the printing. The leaves contain passages of the commentary to Yeshaya, Chapters 19, 21-26.
Nine leaves. Average height: 21 cm. Varying degrees of damage, as a result of the binding. Stains and tears, professionally restored. Bound.
The printing press of R. Shlomo Alkabetz of Spain (grandfather of the Kabbalist R. Shlomo Alkabetz [the second] of Safed, author of Lecha Dodi), was the first Hebrew printing press in Spain, and one of the first Hebrew printing presses in the world. The press published approximately twenty books, including the first printing of the Passover Haggadah (in 1480).
The margins contain completions of verses in Sephardic handwriting from the time of the printing. The leaves contain passages of the commentary to Yeshaya, Chapters 19, 21-26.
Nine leaves. Average height: 21 cm. Varying degrees of damage, as a result of the binding. Stains and tears, professionally restored. Bound.
The printing press of R. Shlomo Alkabetz of Spain (grandfather of the Kabbalist R. Shlomo Alkabetz [the second] of Safed, author of Lecha Dodi), was the first Hebrew printing press in Spain, and one of the first Hebrew printing presses in the world. The press published approximately twenty books, including the first printing of the Passover Haggadah (in 1480).
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Leaves from Incunabula and Early Manuscripts
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $5,500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of ancient leaves from a "binding geniza":
· 13 leaves from an edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, Naples: Joshua Solomon ben Israel Natan Soncino, [ca. 1492].
The collection consists of the following leaves (this book is apparently the first book printed with pagination): Kohelet – leaves 119-120; "Achashverosh" (Megillat Esther) – leaves 122, 128; Yeshaya – leaves 228, 245; Daniel – leaves 376, 379-380; Divrei HaYamim – leaves 426-429.
· Handwritten leaf, "Reshut prior to the Haftara", an Aramaic piyyut beginning with "Berich Elaka Ilaa…". Cursive Sephardic script [16th century?]. The top of the page bears a calligraphic signature (undeciphered).
[14] leaves. 30 cm. Leaves severely damaged from binding, repaired on both sides with transparent netting, and bound together. Severe stains and tears, affecting text, signs of past dampness and damage. Old binding, damaged.
· 13 leaves from an edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, Naples: Joshua Solomon ben Israel Natan Soncino, [ca. 1492].
The collection consists of the following leaves (this book is apparently the first book printed with pagination): Kohelet – leaves 119-120; "Achashverosh" (Megillat Esther) – leaves 122, 128; Yeshaya – leaves 228, 245; Daniel – leaves 376, 379-380; Divrei HaYamim – leaves 426-429.
· Handwritten leaf, "Reshut prior to the Haftara", an Aramaic piyyut beginning with "Berich Elaka Ilaa…". Cursive Sephardic script [16th century?]. The top of the page bears a calligraphic signature (undeciphered).
[14] leaves. 30 cm. Leaves severely damaged from binding, repaired on both sides with transparent netting, and bound together. Severe stains and tears, affecting text, signs of past dampness and damage. Old binding, damaged.
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Leaves from Incunabula and Early Manuscripts
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Five books of the Torah with Targum Onkelos, Rashi's and Ramban's commentaries. [Salonika: Yehuda Gedalia and sons, 1520].
Four volumes.
Tosafot of Rashi on Parshat VaYechi were printed on p. 132b (end of Bereishit). On p. 246b [i.e. 248b] (end of Shemot), Maaseh Eifod L'Rashi appears (a different version to the one printed inside). On pp. 329-330 (end on Vayikra), six Toseftot on Sefer Bereishit (sections of midrashic translation) were printed, one entitled "[Targum] Yerushalmi" and the rest "Tosefta".
Stamps: "The books of R. Avraham Chaim Adadi's Yeshiva, the young Shaul Adadi". On leaf 9 of the first volume, signature: "Avraham Chaim Adadi" (one of the scholars of Tripoli and Safed. Author of HaShomer Emet, VaYikra Avraham and more).
Vol. I - Bereishit: 9-11, 13-18, 26-132 leaves. In this volume, leaves 1-8, 12 and 18-25 are missing. Altogether lacking 17 leaves (originally printed without title page). Vol. II - Shemot: 133-246 leaves. Vol. III - Vayikra: 247-259, 252-[330] leaves. Vol. IV - Bamidbar-Devarim: [331]-498, [7] leaves (mispaginated). The last leaf of the colophon is lacking.
27 cm. Overall fair condition. Condition varies across the volumes and the leaves. Stains and wear. Worming, repaired in some places. Tears and holes, affecting the text in some places, repaired with paper. Several leaves replaced from other copies. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Four volumes.
Tosafot of Rashi on Parshat VaYechi were printed on p. 132b (end of Bereishit). On p. 246b [i.e. 248b] (end of Shemot), Maaseh Eifod L'Rashi appears (a different version to the one printed inside). On pp. 329-330 (end on Vayikra), six Toseftot on Sefer Bereishit (sections of midrashic translation) were printed, one entitled "[Targum] Yerushalmi" and the rest "Tosefta".
Stamps: "The books of R. Avraham Chaim Adadi's Yeshiva, the young Shaul Adadi". On leaf 9 of the first volume, signature: "Avraham Chaim Adadi" (one of the scholars of Tripoli and Safed. Author of HaShomer Emet, VaYikra Avraham and more).
Vol. I - Bereishit: 9-11, 13-18, 26-132 leaves. In this volume, leaves 1-8, 12 and 18-25 are missing. Altogether lacking 17 leaves (originally printed without title page). Vol. II - Shemot: 133-246 leaves. Vol. III - Vayikra: 247-259, 252-[330] leaves. Vol. IV - Bamidbar-Devarim: [331]-498, [7] leaves (mispaginated). The last leaf of the colophon is lacking.
27 cm. Overall fair condition. Condition varies across the volumes and the leaves. Stains and wear. Worming, repaired in some places. Tears and holes, affecting the text in some places, repaired with paper. Several leaves replaced from other copies. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim with the commentaries of Radak and R. Yosef Hayun. [Salonika: Judah Gedalia, 1522].
Signature at the top of one leaf: "… the young Avraham".
Incomplete copy. [127] leaves, out of [218] leaves of the book of Tehillim. Lacking 91 leaves (title page and other leaves throughout the book). All the lacking leaves were replaced with photocopies. Originally printed with Mishlei, with a separate title page, not included in this volume. 28 cm. Fair condition. Several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Damage and tears affecting text, repaired and replaced with photocopies. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Signature at the top of one leaf: "… the young Avraham".
Incomplete copy. [127] leaves, out of [218] leaves of the book of Tehillim. Lacking 91 leaves (title page and other leaves throughout the book). All the lacking leaves were replaced with photocopies. Originally printed with Mishlei, with a separate title page, not included in this volume. 28 cm. Fair condition. Several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Damage and tears affecting text, repaired and replaced with photocopies. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
Five books of the Torah, with Targum Onkelos, the Rashi, Ramban and Ibn Ezra commentaries; Haftarot for Shabbat and Festivals, with the Radak commentary; and Five Megillot, with the Ibn Ezra commentary. [Constantinople: Samuel son of David Nachmias, 1522].
Two large volumes. The text of the Torah occupies the center of the page, with Targum Onkelos at its side; the Rashi and "Nachmani" (Ramban) commentaries are on both sides of the page and the Ibn Ezra commentary appears at the bottom of the page. The Rashi and Radak commentaries are printed in the Haftarot section and the Rashi and Ibn Ezra commentaries are printed in the Megillot section.
These five books of Torah were printed concurrently in two editions, one with the Haftarot according to the Sephardi rite, and the second, with the Romaniote rite Haftarot. In this set, the first volume contains the Haftarot for Bereshit through Vayikra according to the Romaniote rite, and the second volume, the Haftarot of Bamidbar, Devarim and Festivals according to the Sephardi rite. (Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Kushta, no. 95, writes about copies with Karaite rite Haftarot, but in fact it is the Romaniote rite, which was accepted amongst the Karaites).
The last leaf of the second volume (at the end of the Five Megillot) contains a colophon, followed by a poem praising the book and the printers R. Abraham Paredes, R. Samuel son of David Nachmias, R. Moses Halimi and R. Joseph Al-Naqawa, and marking its completion on Rosh Chodesh Sivan 1522 in Constantinople.
Two volumes. Vol. I – Bereshit through Vayikra, with Haftarot. Vol. II – Bamidbar and Devarim with Haftarot and Five Megillot. In total [445] leaves. Lacking title page (replaced with photocopy) and four blank leaves. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records [68] leaves of Sephardi rite Haftarot. These volumes contain in all [66] leaves of Haftarot. The difference is due to the combination of one volume with Sephardi rite Haftarot together with one volume with Romaniote rite Haftarot.
36.5 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition, damage and open tears to several leaves. Thick, high-quality paper. Stains. Signs of past dampness and mold stains to some leaves. Most leaves complete. Damage and large tears to five leaves at the beginning of the first volume, affecting text in some places, repaired. Large open tears affecting text to approx. five leaves in the second volume (in the Haftarot for High Holidays), repaired. New bindings.
Avraham Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Kushta, p. 84, no. 95; Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 41.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Two large volumes. The text of the Torah occupies the center of the page, with Targum Onkelos at its side; the Rashi and "Nachmani" (Ramban) commentaries are on both sides of the page and the Ibn Ezra commentary appears at the bottom of the page. The Rashi and Radak commentaries are printed in the Haftarot section and the Rashi and Ibn Ezra commentaries are printed in the Megillot section.
These five books of Torah were printed concurrently in two editions, one with the Haftarot according to the Sephardi rite, and the second, with the Romaniote rite Haftarot. In this set, the first volume contains the Haftarot for Bereshit through Vayikra according to the Romaniote rite, and the second volume, the Haftarot of Bamidbar, Devarim and Festivals according to the Sephardi rite. (Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Kushta, no. 95, writes about copies with Karaite rite Haftarot, but in fact it is the Romaniote rite, which was accepted amongst the Karaites).
The last leaf of the second volume (at the end of the Five Megillot) contains a colophon, followed by a poem praising the book and the printers R. Abraham Paredes, R. Samuel son of David Nachmias, R. Moses Halimi and R. Joseph Al-Naqawa, and marking its completion on Rosh Chodesh Sivan 1522 in Constantinople.
Two volumes. Vol. I – Bereshit through Vayikra, with Haftarot. Vol. II – Bamidbar and Devarim with Haftarot and Five Megillot. In total [445] leaves. Lacking title page (replaced with photocopy) and four blank leaves. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records [68] leaves of Sephardi rite Haftarot. These volumes contain in all [66] leaves of Haftarot. The difference is due to the combination of one volume with Sephardi rite Haftarot together with one volume with Romaniote rite Haftarot.
36.5 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition, damage and open tears to several leaves. Thick, high-quality paper. Stains. Signs of past dampness and mold stains to some leaves. Most leaves complete. Damage and large tears to five leaves at the beginning of the first volume, affecting text in some places, repaired. Large open tears affecting text to approx. five leaves in the second volume (in the Haftarot for High Holidays), repaired. New bindings.
Avraham Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Kushta, p. 84, no. 95; Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 41.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim. [Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521]. Two volumes.
Two volumes of Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim, with half-titles (blank leaves with the titles "Neviim Acharonim" and "Ketuvim") in each volume. These two volumes are part of a Tanach edition printed in Venice in 1521. The 1521 edition was printed identically to the first Bomberg edition of Tanach printed in Venice in 1518, apart from Tehillim in the Ketuvim volume printed here in short lines, four columns per leaf. In this edition, the five Megillot were bound after the five books of the Torah and are therefore not included in these volumes.
Neviim Acharonim vol.: 277-398 leaves. Ketuvim vol.: 399-498 leaves. Lacking leaves 499-528, [1] of Divrei HaYamim. The complete Tanach contained 528, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears (repaired) in several places, mostly not affecting text. A few inscriptions. Some marginal text trimmed. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Two volumes of Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim, with half-titles (blank leaves with the titles "Neviim Acharonim" and "Ketuvim") in each volume. These two volumes are part of a Tanach edition printed in Venice in 1521. The 1521 edition was printed identically to the first Bomberg edition of Tanach printed in Venice in 1518, apart from Tehillim in the Ketuvim volume printed here in short lines, four columns per leaf. In this edition, the five Megillot were bound after the five books of the Torah and are therefore not included in these volumes.
Neviim Acharonim vol.: 277-398 leaves. Ketuvim vol.: 399-498 leaves. Lacking leaves 499-528, [1] of Divrei HaYamim. The complete Tanach contained 528, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears (repaired) in several places, mostly not affecting text. A few inscriptions. Some marginal text trimmed. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,125
Including buyer's premium
Neviim Acharonim, with the commentary of R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. [Pesaro: Gershom Soncino], 1520. First edition. Two volumes.
Title within a woodcut ornamented border, containing the details of the printing and printer: "Printed in Italy by… a Jew from Soncino renowned amongst the Jews, [1520]…". In some copies, the verso of the title page is blank, however, in this copy it bears a long poem comprised of 52 stanzas written by the author's son, entitled: "Words of Yehuda son of the commentator, to glorify my father's commentary to the books of the Neviim", and opening with an acrostic of "Yehuda son of Isaac Abarbanel".
The book of Yeshaya contains (trimmed) marginal notes in Italian script, most particularly lengthy, by an unidentified writer. Several lengthy marginal notes in Sephardic script (Turkey and the Balkans) appear on one page of Hoshe'a and one page of Michah.
This edition was printed around 12 years after the passing of the author, R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. At the end of his commentary to the book of Yeshaya, the author writes that "the beginning of this commentary was written in the island of Corfu on Rosh Chodesh Av 1495, and since this work was postponed in deference to other compositions, I completed it in Monopoli in the region of Apulia… on Rosh Chodesh Elul [1498]…".
The famous Jewish printer Gershom Soncino, a leading Hebrew printer in Italy, wandered with his family and printing equipment through various Italian towns. In each place he settled, he printed Hebrew books. In Pesaro, he printed some Talmudic tractates and other books. He also printed the first part of the Abarbanel commentary, to Neviim Rishonim, in Pesaro, in 1511.
Incomplete copy. [392] leaves. (Originally: [398] leaves; lacking the first [5] leaves (including the title page) and leaf [398] – a blank leaf). This copy is divided into two volumes, which are comprised of different copies. Vol. I: First [5-195] leaves, until the end of the book of Yirmiya. 29.5 cm. Condition varies, good-fair, most of the leaves are in good condition. Stains. Signs of past dampness in several places. First three leaves detached. Tears (repaired) and wear to the title page, slightly affecting the border. Inner margins of first leaves repaired, not affecting text. Worming to first 10 leaves, affecting text. Binding partially detached. Vol. II: Next 197 leaves, until the end of Malachi. The last leaf (a blank leaf) is lacking. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor worming. The leaves of this volume were professionally restored. Open tears (repaired) to the last (approx. 10) leaves, affecting text. New leather bindings. The words "Pesaro [1512]" were erroneously embossed on the spine of Vol. II, however, this volume is actually the continuation of the first volume and was printed in Pesaro in 1520.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Title within a woodcut ornamented border, containing the details of the printing and printer: "Printed in Italy by… a Jew from Soncino renowned amongst the Jews, [1520]…". In some copies, the verso of the title page is blank, however, in this copy it bears a long poem comprised of 52 stanzas written by the author's son, entitled: "Words of Yehuda son of the commentator, to glorify my father's commentary to the books of the Neviim", and opening with an acrostic of "Yehuda son of Isaac Abarbanel".
The book of Yeshaya contains (trimmed) marginal notes in Italian script, most particularly lengthy, by an unidentified writer. Several lengthy marginal notes in Sephardic script (Turkey and the Balkans) appear on one page of Hoshe'a and one page of Michah.
This edition was printed around 12 years after the passing of the author, R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. At the end of his commentary to the book of Yeshaya, the author writes that "the beginning of this commentary was written in the island of Corfu on Rosh Chodesh Av 1495, and since this work was postponed in deference to other compositions, I completed it in Monopoli in the region of Apulia… on Rosh Chodesh Elul [1498]…".
The famous Jewish printer Gershom Soncino, a leading Hebrew printer in Italy, wandered with his family and printing equipment through various Italian towns. In each place he settled, he printed Hebrew books. In Pesaro, he printed some Talmudic tractates and other books. He also printed the first part of the Abarbanel commentary, to Neviim Rishonim, in Pesaro, in 1511.
Incomplete copy. [392] leaves. (Originally: [398] leaves; lacking the first [5] leaves (including the title page) and leaf [398] – a blank leaf). This copy is divided into two volumes, which are comprised of different copies. Vol. I: First [5-195] leaves, until the end of the book of Yirmiya. 29.5 cm. Condition varies, good-fair, most of the leaves are in good condition. Stains. Signs of past dampness in several places. First three leaves detached. Tears (repaired) and wear to the title page, slightly affecting the border. Inner margins of first leaves repaired, not affecting text. Worming to first 10 leaves, affecting text. Binding partially detached. Vol. II: Next 197 leaves, until the end of Malachi. The last leaf (a blank leaf) is lacking. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor worming. The leaves of this volume were professionally restored. Open tears (repaired) to the last (approx. 10) leaves, affecting text. New leather bindings. The words "Pesaro [1512]" were erroneously embossed on the spine of Vol. II, however, this volume is actually the continuation of the first volume and was printed in Pesaro in 1520.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Torah and Neviim Rishonim. Antwerp: Plantin, [1565]. Two volumes. Pocket format.
Two lacking volumes out of a complete edition of Tanach.
Torah volume: Vayikra through Devarim. 235-511, [1] leaves. Torah part originally: 511, [1] leaves. Missing the first 234 leaves of Bereishit and Shemot. Neviim Rishonim volume: Yehoshua, Shoftim and Shmuel. [287] leaves. Neviim Rishonim part originally: [448] leaves. Missing [161] leaves of Melachim.
10.5 cm. Good condition. High-quality paper. Stains. Early leather bindings, with damage.
Two lacking volumes out of a complete edition of Tanach.
Torah volume: Vayikra through Devarim. 235-511, [1] leaves. Torah part originally: 511, [1] leaves. Missing the first 234 leaves of Bereishit and Shemot. Neviim Rishonim volume: Yehoshua, Shoftim and Shmuel. [287] leaves. Neviim Rishonim part originally: [448] leaves. Missing [161] leaves of Melachim.
10.5 cm. Good condition. High-quality paper. Stains. Early leather bindings, with damage.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Five books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1573-1574.
All 24 books of the Bible complete, without vocalization and cantillation marks. Two columns per page. This format is suitable for casting the "Goral HaGra" lottery, using the method taught to R. Aryeh Levin by disciples of the Gra's disciples.
The title page and front flyleaves contain ownership inscriptions of Avraham ben Eliyahu HaKohen Treves of Darevo, and book listings. The final flyleaves contain listings (in Ashkenazic script) of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic yearly cycle of haftarot. The final page contains the title "for these I weep", with the dates of passing of the parents and grandparents of R. Avraham Hacohen Treves, dated 1840-1898, including the passing of his father, "R. Eliya ben R. Shlomo", who passed away of cholera in Av, 1848, his father-in-law "R. Eliya ben Gershon of Shklov" who passed away in 1840, and "his father, R. Gershon", who passed away after Sukkot, 1847.
[1], 3-389 leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. The title page and many other pages have been restored. Several pages have tears with damage to the text. In these places, the missing text has been restored with 19th century Ashkenazic script on added paper. The final page with the colophon is torn and incomplete (the bottom half of the page is replaced by an early page from another book with printed decoration). Stains and wear. Some of the pages are dark and stained. Old leather binding, slightly worn, with embossed ornamentation.
All 24 books of the Bible complete, without vocalization and cantillation marks. Two columns per page. This format is suitable for casting the "Goral HaGra" lottery, using the method taught to R. Aryeh Levin by disciples of the Gra's disciples.
The title page and front flyleaves contain ownership inscriptions of Avraham ben Eliyahu HaKohen Treves of Darevo, and book listings. The final flyleaves contain listings (in Ashkenazic script) of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic yearly cycle of haftarot. The final page contains the title "for these I weep", with the dates of passing of the parents and grandparents of R. Avraham Hacohen Treves, dated 1840-1898, including the passing of his father, "R. Eliya ben R. Shlomo", who passed away of cholera in Av, 1848, his father-in-law "R. Eliya ben Gershon of Shklov" who passed away in 1840, and "his father, R. Gershon", who passed away after Sukkot, 1847.
[1], 3-389 leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. The title page and many other pages have been restored. Several pages have tears with damage to the text. In these places, the missing text has been restored with 19th century Ashkenazic script on added paper. The final page with the colophon is torn and incomplete (the bottom half of the page is replaced by an early page from another book with printed decoration). Stains and wear. Some of the pages are dark and stained. Old leather binding, slightly worn, with embossed ornamentation.
Category
Bibles and Tehillim
Catalogue
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Trei Asar. [Leiden]: Plantinianis Franciscus Raphelengius, [1603]. Pocket format.
Initial words within woodcut borders, some with color added by hand (presumably from an early period).
The margins contain handwritten inscriptions.
188, [1] pages. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Early leather binding, with ornamentations and marbled endpapers. Damage and wear to the binding.
Rare edition not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor does it appear in the NLI catalogue.
Initial words within woodcut borders, some with color added by hand (presumably from an early period).
The margins contain handwritten inscriptions.
188, [1] pages. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Early leather binding, with ornamentations and marbled endpapers. Damage and wear to the binding.
Rare edition not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor does it appear in the NLI catalogue.
Category
Bibles and Tehillim
Catalogue