Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Shaar HaShamayim – Venice, 1547 – First Edition
Opening: $800
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Shaar HaShamayim, on physics and astronomy, by R. Gershon son of Shlomo. Venice: Meir son of Yaakov Parenzo, 1547. First edition.
The author, R. Gershon son of Shlomo of Catalonia, was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, father of the Ralbag and son-in-law of the Ramban.
On pp. 29b and 36a, two glosses in Ashkenazic script dating to ca. the date of printing, trimmed.
Colophon on last leaf: "Blessed is G-d who granted me the merit… to finish my labor… Sitting at the feet of the sages all my life, from darkness illuminating (Meir) son of Yaakov Parenzo, 1547, printed here in Venice".
On last leaf, signatures of censors: Camillo Jaghel dated 1613, Luigi da Bologna dated 1599, Girolamo da Durazzano dated 1640, and Renato da Modena, dated 1621.
64 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Margins of several leaves reinforced with tape. Inscriptions. New binding.
CB, no. 5139,1; Zedner, p. 269.
Early Printed Books – Italy
Early Printed Books – Italy