Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Yalkut Shimoni, First Edition - Salonika, 1521

Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Yalkut Shimoni by Rabbi Shimon HaDarshan. [Salonika, 1521]. First edition. Press of Don Yehudah from the Gedalya family.
This copy contains the majority of the collection of Nevi'im and Ketuvim: Shoftim until end of Trei Asar, Mishlei, Iyov, Daniel and Nechemia, Divrei HaYamim. Megillot and Tehillim.
Incomplete copy, some leaves bound out of order: 15-192, 212-228, 193-210 leaves; 66 leaves. (Originally, usually: 236; 67 leaves). 26 cm. High-quality paper, fair condition, moth damage and stains, damage with omission on several leaves. Paper cut with damage to titles on some leaves.
Rare edition with variants. Bibliography Institute CD, record 0176194.
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years