Megilath Anti’ochus

AUCTION 21 |
Thursday, December 04th,
2003 at 1:00
Kestenbaum & Company Holds Inaugural Auction of Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts at Their New Galleries
Lot 24
(APOCRYPHA)
Megilath Anti’ochus
Mantua: Jacob b. Naphtali Ha-Kohen of Gazzolo 1557
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
A popular account of the Wars of the Hasmoneans and the origin of the Chanukah Festival.
This first edition is especially rare - indeed the editors of the EJ were unaware of it. See EJ vol. XIV col.1045-47