Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim (the Ran) – Rome, 1545-1546 – First Edition
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim Gerondi, the Ran. Rome: Yitzchak de Lattes, Binyamin d'Arignano and Antonio Blado, 1545-1546. First edition.
First edition of Responsa of the Ran, printed based on the single extant manuscript.
The book includes glosses by the publisher R. Yitzchak de Lattes, some marked with his initials. The second query was found in the manuscript without the corresponding responsum, and R. Yitzchak de Lattes authored his own responsum to answer it.
Colophon on p. 172 playing on the author's name.
33 lines per page, with every tenth line numbered in gematria.
Ownership inscriptions on title page: "I, Yosef Kashtiel, Monday, 4th Adar II 1677, purchased this book from R. Binyamin the blind…"; "From the perfect rabbi, light of Israel, R. Chaim Yehudah Yisrael".
Handwritten inscription on verso of title page: "Purchased by me, Menachem son of R. Gavriel de Negri".
173, [33] pages. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Open tears to title page and several other leaves. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
CB, no. 6676,11; Roest, p. 908.
Early Printed Books – Italy
Early Printed Books – Italy