Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Olelot Ephraim - First Edition - Lublin 1590

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Olelot Ephraim, homiletics for festivals and ethics, by Rabbi Ephraim of Luntshits (Parts 1-4). Lublin, [1590]. Printed by Klonimus ben Mordechai Yaffe. First edition.
Signatures and ownership inscription in Oriental handwriting [Aleppo]: "Netanel Chaim" and other signatures.
108, 108-109, 200-209, 300-341, 142-154, [1], 12 leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair-poor condition, margins of the title page and of the first and last quires are very worn, affecting text. Old cover with leather spine (non-contemporary).
Without 2 leaves of errata which were added to some copies and which are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book CD [Listing 0170554] and in the Winograd Rosenfeld CD [see Kedem Catalog of Auction 12 Lot 206].
Early Printed Books - 15th to early 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books - 15th to early 17th Centuries