Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Midrash Tanchuma – Venice, 1545 – Signatures and Glosses
Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
[Midrash] Tanchuma HaNikra Yelamdeinu. Venice, [1545]. Daniel Bomberg Printing.
Owner signatures: “Chaim Volterra”, “Yitzchak Koshti”. [Rabbi Chaim Volterra, among the prominent rabbis of Italy, served in the rabbinate of Ancona, Senigallia, Finale and Venice in the mid-eighteenth century. For additional information related to him see “Sinai” 25, pages 77-78 and the approbation to the book Nahar Shalom, Vintura].
Few glosses [some cut off] in handwriting [Italian and oriental], from a number of writers.
98 leaves. Leaves 40-42 bound out of order. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition. Hole in title page. Coarse tears in margins of title page and leaves 2-8, 85-98, with missing text. Stains. Dampness damage. Tears. Censorship deletions.
Owner signatures: “Chaim Volterra”, “Yitzchak Koshti”. [Rabbi Chaim Volterra, among the prominent rabbis of Italy, served in the rabbinate of Ancona, Senigallia, Finale and Venice in the mid-eighteenth century. For additional information related to him see “Sinai” 25, pages 77-78 and the approbation to the book Nahar Shalom, Vintura].
Few glosses [some cut off] in handwriting [Italian and oriental], from a number of writers.
98 leaves. Leaves 40-42 bound out of order. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition. Hole in title page. Coarse tears in margins of title page and leaves 2-8, 85-98, with missing text. Stains. Dampness damage. Tears. Censorship deletions.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years