Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Yalkut Shimoni, Polonnoye, 1805

Opening: $200
Unsold
Yalkut Shimoni, on Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. Polonnoye, 1805. Yosef HaCohen printing press [and Shmuel the printer].
Two volumes: [1], 272 leaves; [1], 182 [should be: 282] – 450 leaves. 33.5 cm. White and blue paper. Varied condition. Vol. 1 in good condition, with stains and wear. Vol. 2 in good-fair condition. Damages to title page and several leaves. Old bindings, with leather spine.
Printer's flag with the name "Shmuel the Printer". On the title page of Vol. 1 the name is erased from the emblem during printing [in some copies], after the partnership between Yosef HaCohen and Shmuel the Printer was cancelled [see the article by M. Wunder, The Hebrew Printing in Polonnoye – Alei Sefer, 5, 1978, page 125].
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