Auction 16 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Me'ir Netiv - First Hebrew Concordance - Venice, 1523

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Me'ir Netiv Concordance, by Rabbi Yitzchak Nathan. Venice, 1523. Daniel Bomberg Printing.
The first Hebrew concordance. Arranged by the same method of the Latin concordances used at that time; Rabbi Yitzchak Nathan labored eight years on compiling the concordance, but it was first printed only fifty years after his death. Since then, it has been acclaimed in many editions.
Missing copy - [397] leaves instead of [406] damaged title pages. 37.5 cm. At end, one leaf has handwritten substitution. General good condition. Moth damage to first leaves. Stains and creases to first and last leaves. Not bound.
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