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Tzori HaYagon – Cremona, 1557 – First Edition
Opening: $250
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Tzori HaYagon, ethics and philosophy, by R. Shem Tov son of Yosef ibn Falaquera (including glosses by R. Shaul son of Shimon). Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1557]. First edition.
Rhyme on title page: "The special quality of Tzori HaYagon is to calm the grief of the soul, to satiate the soul's hunger as the goodly five grains".
Signature on title page: "Yaakov Sofer". Several short handwritten glosses and corrections.
20 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tear to title page, affecting top of title frame, and large open tears to two other leaves, affecting text in many places (about a third of leaf 5, and about half of leaf 8, are missing). Worming, affecting text. Several leaves loose and detached. Original parchment binding, somewhat loose. Damage and worming to binding.