Sepher Ha’Aruch [Talmudic dictionary, including etymologies from Latin, Greek, Arabic and Persian].

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Lot 383

NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME.

Sepher Ha’Aruch [Talmudic dictionary, including etymologies from Latin, Greek, Arabic and Persian].

Second edition. Title within decorative Soncino border. Wider margins. Marginalia. ff. 196. Many previous owner’s inscriptions. Complete but mispaginated (as in all copies). Opening few leaves worn generally not affecting text, corners repaired. Modern blind-tooled crushed morocco, spine in compartments and titled in gilt. Folio. Vinograd, Pesaro 44; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. no. 2041 (editio rarissima).

Pesaro: Gershom Soncino 1517

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

Nathan’s Aruch is “a manifestation not only of its author’s brilliance and deep acquaintance with sources, but also of his encyclopaedic knowledge.” See S. B. Linderman, Sefer Sarid Ba’Arachin (1972) Introduction. “The work is important for its many citations of Gaonic sources, descriptions of Jewish customs, and citations of long- lost Midrashim.” See Heller, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book (2004) pp. 104-105.