Mishpatei Shmuel [responsa]

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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KELAI, SAMUEL BEN MOSES

Mishpatei Shmuel [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within oval cartouche framed by a decorative woodcut floral border. Printers’ device on verso of final leaf (see Yaari’s Printers Marks no. 49) ff. 181,(2). Light dampstains in places, title laid down with small portion of woodcut border at inner margin provided in facsimile, neat repairs to first and last few leaves, affecting a few words on f.4. Recent gilt-tooled vellum. Folio Vinograd, Venice 879; not in Adams

Venice: Daniel Zanneti 1599

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $400

The highly wrought title-page was a hallmark of the Zanetti family of printers. The author was the son-in-law of BENJAMIN BEN MATTITHIAH (OF ARTA), the author of Sepher Benyamin Ze’ev, and a disciple of R. David Cohen of Corfu