Mashal Hakadmoni [“Proverb of the Ancient”- collected fables and aphorisms] * WITH: Sepher Hatapu’ach [Attributed to Aristotle]

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Mashal Hakadmoni [“Proverb of the Ancient”- collected fables and aphorisms] * WITH: Sepher Hatapu’ach [Attributed to Aristotle]

FIRST COMBINED EDITION. Opening title within woodcut architectural arch. More than 70 imaginative and fanciful half-page woodcut illustrations. Two title pages ff. (3, of 6), lacking ff.4-6; 115 (of 122), lacking ff. 17,24, and 118-22. Misnumbered. Lightly browned, crude repairs to hole on title, and first few leaves affecting woodcut and text, clean tear on final leaf, repaired. Recent boards. Sm. 8vo Vinograd, Frankfurt d/Oder 63 & 71

Frankfurt der Oder: Jochanan Christophe Buchman 1693

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

The Jewish Aesop’s Fables. “The illustrated Hebrew book par excellence.” A.J. Karp. From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) p. 125