The Parma Psalter

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 149

(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE).

The Parma Psalter

<<ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES.>> Facsimile edition of the Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript of The Psalms with a Commentary by Abraham Ibn Ezra. Two volumes. Text volume, prepared by Malachi Beit-Arie, Therese Metzger, etc., printed on blue paper. Limitation card with stamp of Publisher and Biblioteca Palatina in Parma tipped in. Original calf-backed vellum and full calf; slip-case. 12mo.

London: Facsimile Editions 1996

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $800

This exceptional manuscript was in the collection of G.B. de Rossi (1742-1831). In 1816 de Rossi sold it to Napoleon’s wife, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma for 100,000 francs. She subsequently presented it to the Palatina Library in Parma, where it remains.