Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Sefer HaAruch - Pesaro, 1517 - Printed by Gershom Soncino

Opening: $2,000
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Sefer HaAruch, glossary of all the words in the Talmud, in alphabetical order, by R. Natan son of Yechiel of Rome. [Pesaro]: Gershom Soncino, 1517.
Signature on title page: "Meir Avraham Lattes". Another inscription: "Purchased for a dear price Meir Avraham Lattes…Today the 25th of the month of Adar 1685".
Several glosses in Italian Hebrew script.
Censor inscriptions on the two last leaves.
102, 85-177, [1] leaves. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Worming to several leaves, without damage to text. Restorations to title page. Bookplates. New binding (reconstruction of gilt ornamentations which adorned the original binding).
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Incunabula and Early Printed Books
Incunabula and Early Printed Books