Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Pesikta Zutrata – Venice, 1546 – First Edition
Opening: $700
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Pesikta Zutrata, Midrash on the Torah – Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Venice: Daniel Bomberg by Cornelio Adelkind, [1546]. First edition.
Pesikta Zutrata, also known as Midrash Lekach Tov, was composed by the 11th-12th centuries scholar R. Tuviah son of Eliezer.
Colophon on last page: "The Pesikta Zutrata was completed on Erev Pesach [1546], and was printed by Cornelio Adelkind in Venice… brought to us by… R. Zerachiah son of R. Malkiel Casani of Candia".
93 leaves. Leaves 51 and 54 appear twice. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Margins of last leaves repaired with paper. Creases on one leaf. Small open tear to one leaf, not affecting text. New binding.
CB, no. 7304,1.
Early Printed Books – Italy
Early Printed Books – Italy