Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer HaHarkava – Venice, 1546 / Sefer Midbar Yehuda – Venice, 1602
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
• Sefer HaHarkava, by the linguist Rabbi Eliyahu Bachur. Venice, 1546. Printed by Daniel Bomberg.
43 leaves (last leaf missing). 14 cm. Without Pirkei Eliyahu which had been added to some copies. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears to several leaves. Old binding.
• Sefer Midbar Yehuda, homiletics by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Part 1. Venice, [1602]. Printed by Daniel Zanetti. Signatures in Italian handwriting: "Purchased by Benayahu ben Hoshaya from the Baruch family...", "Purchased by Yosef of the Baruch ben Benayahu family… Rosh Chodesh Kislev 1677…".
104 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Title page torn and partially missing. Stains and wear. Without binding.
43 leaves (last leaf missing). 14 cm. Without Pirkei Eliyahu which had been added to some copies. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears to several leaves. Old binding.
• Sefer Midbar Yehuda, homiletics by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Part 1. Venice, [1602]. Printed by Daniel Zanetti. Signatures in Italian handwriting: "Purchased by Benayahu ben Hoshaya from the Baruch family...", "Purchased by Yosef of the Baruch ben Benayahu family… Rosh Chodesh Kislev 1677…".
104 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Title page torn and partially missing. Stains and wear. Without binding.
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years