Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection

Yavin Shemuah – Venice, 1639 – First Edition

Opening: $500
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Yavin Shemuah, commentary by R. Nissim Shlomo Algazi on Halichot Olam by R. Yeshuah HaLevi; and Talmudic methodology by R. Yosef Karo. Venice: Giovanni Martinelli for Giovanni Vendramin, 1639. First edition of the Yavin Shemuah commentary, printed in the lifetime of the author.
Signature deleted with ink on title page.

129, [1] blank leaf; [16] leaves. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, and inkstains to title page. Small open tears to title page, slightly affecting title frame. Worming, slightly affecting text. Early binding, with light worming and damage.

CB, no. 6894,8.
Early Printed Books – Italy
Early Printed Books – Italy