Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer HaChinuch – Venice, 1600 – Elegant Binding
Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaChinuch, on the 613 mitzvot. Venice, [1600-1601]. Printed by Juan di Gara. Second edition. Introduction by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Colophon at the end: "Completed… 1601". 228 leaves, 20.5 cm. Varying condition. Stains and wear. Restored damages to title page and last leaf. New leather binding, particularly elaborate. Endpapers from hand-crafted marbled paper with the inscription Sefer HaChinuch. Illustrated ex-libris by Ilya Schor. Placed in a handsome cardboard box covered with marbled paper.
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years