Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Rabbeinu Bechayei – Venice, 1544 – Glosses
Opening: $250
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Rabbeinu Bechayei on the Torah. [Venice, 1544]. Printed by Zuani di Pe'eri and brothers.
On cover leaf are notations from 1815 in Oriental handwriting [notes and sources]. On the book leaves are corrections and a number of glosses [some cut off]. At the end of Sefer Shemot are signatures "Aharon Romano".
Incomplete copy. 2-236, 238-239 leaves. [Originally: 243 leaves; missing: title page and five leaves]. Leaves 35-36 are bound upside down. 28 cm. Varied condition amongst leaves, good-fair. Stains, moth marks and tears.
New binding.
On cover leaf are notations from 1815 in Oriental handwriting [notes and sources]. On the book leaves are corrections and a number of glosses [some cut off]. At the end of Sefer Shemot are signatures "Aharon Romano".
Incomplete copy. 2-236, 238-239 leaves. [Originally: 243 leaves; missing: title page and five leaves]. Leaves 35-36 are bound upside down. 28 cm. Varied condition amongst leaves, good-fair. Stains, moth marks and tears.
New binding.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years