Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Paris Bible 1538-1543 – Three Sections
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Three different volumes of the elegant Bible edition which was printed in Hebrew “… Robertosh Stephenosh and in his home… in Paris” during the years 1539-1543 (includes: five Megillot of the 1554 Karlosh Stephenosh reprint).
* 1. Sefer Tehillim, Marcheshvan, 1539.
151 pages, 25 cm., fair-poor condition, stains and restored mildew damage. Moth damage. New binding.
* 2. Divrei HaYamim, 1543; Sefer Ezra, 1541; Sefer Iyov, 1541; Five Megillot, Cheshvan 1554, Karlosh Stephenosh Press; Sefer Yishaya, Tishrei 1538; Sefer Yirmiyahu, Elul 1540; Sefer Daniel, 1540; Sefer Yechezkel, 1541.
24 cm., quality paper, wide margins, fair condition, mildew and moth damage on lower margins of leaves, misplacement of sheets (from page 25 in Sefer Iyov sheets from Sefer Yishaya appear and from page 25 in Sefer Yishaya the missing leaves from Sefer Iyuv appear). Separate title page in Hebrew and Latin for each title page, with pertinent page count and pamphlets. Bound together with ancient leather binding [original from period of printing?].
* 3. Sefer Ezra, 1541; Sefer Iyov, 1541; Sefer Yirmiya, Elul 1540; Sefer Yechezkel, 1541; Sefer Daniel, 1540; Five Megillot, 1554.
24 cm., quality paper, wide margins, good condition, moth damage. Many handwritten comments in Latin. Each book contains special title page in Hebrew and Latin, with pertinent page count and pamphlets. Bound together in ancient parchment binding [original from period of printing?], with Latin notations on spine.
* 1. Sefer Tehillim, Marcheshvan, 1539.
151 pages, 25 cm., fair-poor condition, stains and restored mildew damage. Moth damage. New binding.
* 2. Divrei HaYamim, 1543; Sefer Ezra, 1541; Sefer Iyov, 1541; Five Megillot, Cheshvan 1554, Karlosh Stephenosh Press; Sefer Yishaya, Tishrei 1538; Sefer Yirmiyahu, Elul 1540; Sefer Daniel, 1540; Sefer Yechezkel, 1541.
24 cm., quality paper, wide margins, fair condition, mildew and moth damage on lower margins of leaves, misplacement of sheets (from page 25 in Sefer Iyov sheets from Sefer Yishaya appear and from page 25 in Sefer Yishaya the missing leaves from Sefer Iyuv appear). Separate title page in Hebrew and Latin for each title page, with pertinent page count and pamphlets. Bound together with ancient leather binding [original from period of printing?].
* 3. Sefer Ezra, 1541; Sefer Iyov, 1541; Sefer Yirmiya, Elul 1540; Sefer Yechezkel, 1541; Sefer Daniel, 1540; Five Megillot, 1554.
24 cm., quality paper, wide margins, good condition, moth damage. Many handwritten comments in Latin. Each book contains special title page in Hebrew and Latin, with pertinent page count and pamphlets. Bound together in ancient parchment binding [original from period of printing?], with Latin notations on spine.
Bibles and Tehilim
Bibles and Tehilim