DIVREI HAYAMIM LEMOSHE RABEINU... [“Chronicles of Moses”]

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Lot 21

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DIVREI HAYAMIM LEMOSHE RABEINU... [“Chronicles of Moses”]

Second edition. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy (“Presented by Samuel Levy to E.N. Adler Esq. Gibraltar, 25 Tebet 5661”) ff. 80. Trimmed, few leaves rehinged and remargined. Modern boards. 16mo Vinograd, Venice 217; Habermann, Adelkind 14; not in Adams

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Giovanni di Farri 1544

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $750

Tales of the life of Moses written in the early Middle Ages, often erroneously considered to belong to Midrashic literature. With other fables. See EJ, XII col. 413. Di Farri (and Brother) were a well known firm of printers in Venice. In 1544 they hired Cornelio Adelkind from the employ of Daniel Bomberg, whereupon he printed some 14 Hebrew books for his new Master. However the Hebrew publishing venture ended its career in the same year in which it commenced. See Amram pp. 199-202