Mirkeveth HaMishneh [commentary to the Book of Devarim].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Mirkeveth HaMishneh [commentary to the Book of Devarim].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within architectural floral border. On final page, printer's marks of Tobias Foa and Joseph Shalit (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 19-20). ff. 145, (1). Stained in places, censored, few marginal repairs, previous owner’s marks. Modern morocco. Folio. Vinograd, Sabbioneta 1.

Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa 1551

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,300

<<THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PRINTED IN SABBIONETA.>> With the rare unnumbered final leaf containing a full-page poem by Azariah di Rossi (author of Me’or Einaiyim). With an important introduction by the editor- publisher Joseph ben Jacob of Padua concerning the establishment of the Hebrew press at Sabbioneta, a town situated in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy.