Igereth Ba’alei Chaim [“The Animal’s Collection” - fables]

AUCTION 2 | Tuesday, June 03rd, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal

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Lot 299

KALONYMUS BEN KALONYMUS (Maestro Calo).

Igereth Ba’alei Chaim [“The Animal’s Collection” - fables]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch, initial letters within woodcut frames ff.91(of 92) lacking last f., extreme lower margin of title with neat paper repair, few light stains, crude erasure on last page, modern boards, 12mo Vinograd, Mantua 37

Mantua: Joseph of Padua 1557

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

For a brief synopsis of the derivation of the fables gathered here, see EJ VI 1130