Sepher Yuchasin [onomasticon and history]

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ZACUTO, ABRAHAM.

Sepher Yuchasin [onomasticon and history]

FIRST EDITION. Title words within typographic border. ff. 172. (Printer’s signature 42 and the final signature 45 have two leaves each.) Part of title missing and supplied by hand. ff. 3 and 4 taped. Some stains; also worming on final leaf. Signature of owner on title has been cropped. Calf, gilt. 4to. Vinograd, Const. 228; Yaari, Const. 169

Constantinople: (Solomon Ya’avetz) 1566

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,000

Outlines the historical development of the Oral Law and establishes the chronology of the Sages who transmitted it. Also chronicles the history of various nations along with the state of scientific research and scholarship. The narrative reaches the author’s day (the Spanish Expulsion).