(sic, actually Joseph). Sepher Meshalim. Black ink on paper

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 256

GIKATILLA, ABRAHAM

(sic, actually Joseph). Sepher Meshalim. Black ink on paper

Cursive Sephardic Hebrew script ff.34. Last leaf soiled with some loss. Modern boards. 8vo

Turkey(?): 17th century

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

Book of Proverbs written by a Spanish Kabbalist and not published until 1927. It would be a worthwhile exercise to compare the present manuscript to to that in the Bodleian LIbrary, Oxford (no.1267) for variant texts