Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Kiryat Sefer – Venice, 1551 – First Edition
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Kiryat Sefer, on the Rambam, by Rabbi Moshe Metrani [the Mabit]. Venice, [1551]. Aloisio Bragadin printing press. First edition, printed in the lifetime of the author. Ownership inscription in Oriental handwriting on the title page" "For Yosef an acquisition to study…". On the last page a signature of "Shlomo HaCohen", in Oriental handwriting. 153 leaves. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, worming, also to text. Tears to several leaves. Restored tear to margins of title page. Rubbed binding. Without the [3] additional leaves of omissions and index of Simanim, added after the book was printed and which can only be found in some copies. ("After the printing of the book was completed, we received this from the author. Therefore, we printed it at the end").
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years