Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Yereim – Venice, 1566 – First Edition

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Yereim, on the laws of the 613 mitzvot. By Rabbi Eliezer of Metz, one of the Ba'alei Tosfot, Venice, 1566. First edition.
This is a new abridged edition divided into 12 chapters edited by Rabbi Binyamin ben Rabbi Avraham Anavim. The original composition was divided into seven chapters. Until the edition of Sefer Yereim HaShalem was printed (Vilna, 1892-1902), all the editions copied this edition.
6, [5]-146 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition, spotting (primarily on title page). Signatures, stamps and inscriptions written at various times. Elaborate leather binding.
Early Printed Books and Incunabula - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books and Incunabula - Resh and Shin Years