Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Pirkei Avot "Kanfei Yonah" - Facsimile of an Illuminated Manuscript
Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Pirkei Avot - Kanfei Yonah. Illumination, calligraphy and commentary by Yonah Weinreb. Scarsdale, NY: Judaica Illuminations Ltd., 1992.
Iluuinated Pirkei Avot in elegant calligraphic script, with ornate gold-leaf initial letters, papercuts, gilding, silvering, and micrographic illustrations. The body of the manuscript contains an English translation and commentary. The manuscript was created by the artist Yonah Weinreb, who also authored the commentary in this work.
Folio facsimile published in 613 copies (corresponding to the 613 commandments). 49 plates including seven title page plates signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 522/613 and a colophon leaf. An English translation of Pirkei Avot, an introduction and more appear alongside the plates (52 leaves). The leaf with the table of contents is also numbered and signed. The facsimile is encased in an elegant box, embossed and gilt.
[49] plates + [52] leaves, 49.5 cm. Good condition. Minor defects.
Iluuinated Pirkei Avot in elegant calligraphic script, with ornate gold-leaf initial letters, papercuts, gilding, silvering, and micrographic illustrations. The body of the manuscript contains an English translation and commentary. The manuscript was created by the artist Yonah Weinreb, who also authored the commentary in this work.
Folio facsimile published in 613 copies (corresponding to the 613 commandments). 49 plates including seven title page plates signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 522/613 and a colophon leaf. An English translation of Pirkei Avot, an introduction and more appear alongside the plates (52 leaves). The leaf with the table of contents is also numbered and signed. The facsimile is encased in an elegant box, embossed and gilt.
[49] plates + [52] leaves, 49.5 cm. Good condition. Minor defects.
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