Garzoni, Tomaso. La Sinagoga de gl’ignoranti [“The Synagogue of the Ignorant”]

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Garzoni, Tomaso. La Sinagoga de gl’ignoranti [“The Synagogue of the Ignorant”]

Second edition. Printer's mark on title. Initial letters richly historiated pp. (12), 195. (The indices which belong at the end of the book were mistakenly bound by the printer between pp. 8-9.) Marginal repair to title. Waterstained. Final five leaves wormed with virtually no loss of text. Modern boards. 8vo

Venice: Roberto Meietti 1601

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

Tomaso Garzoni of Bagnacavallo (1549-1589) was a Dominican monk who achieved renown in recognition of his monumental encyclopedic work Universal Piazza of all the Professions of the World (1585)