Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Yalkut Shimoni, First Edition, Salonika 1521

Opening: $200
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Yalkut Shimoni by Rabbi Shimon HaDarshan, section 2, Nevi’im and Ketuvim. [Salonika, 1521]. First edition. Printing press of Don Yehuda son of Gedalia.
68 leaves of Sefer Tehillim appear in some of the copies, including this one, between leaves 140-141.
Several handwritten corrections and glosses.
2-140, 68, 138 [instead of: 141]-235 leaves (missing: first and last leaves). 30 cm. Condition of leaves varies (fair to poor), stains and wear, all leaves separated without binding. Rare variant edition. Bibliography Institute CD record 0176194.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years