Mishnayoth with commentary of Maimonides and R. Ovadiah of Bertinoro
AUCTION 21 |
Thursday, December 04th,
2003 at 1:00
Kestenbaum & Company Holds Inaugural Auction of Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts at Their New Galleries
Lot 176
MISHNAH
Mishnayoth with commentary of Maimonides and R. Ovadiah of Bertinoro
Venice: Zanito Zaniti 1606
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
The first publication of these commentaries in square letters - rather than Rashi letters - (thus anticipating the current trend by approximately 400 years! The publisher/ editor was R. Abraham b. Reuven ibn Nachman, a scholar from the city of Marrekesh in Barbria. Tragically, he fell ill in the midddle of publication. On his death bed he gathered all the workers and admonished them to continue to do their work faithfully under the editorial supervision of his friend R. Yitzchak Gershon.and R. Abraham B Shlomo (See his note on p.164). Includes the rare leaf inserted between pp. 84 and 85 (It seems that the printers mistakenly omitted a page of text and later inserted this leaf to correct the matter). The order of the final mishnayot is unusual in this edition with Kelim following Uktzin.