Decretum sacrae congregationis…Indice Librorum prohibitorum [Decree of the Holy Office…Index of Prohibited Books]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 134

(ITALY).

Decretum sacrae congregationis…Indice Librorum prohibitorum [Decree of the Holy Office…Index of Prohibited Books]

Printed broadside. Woodcut crest of Pope Clement VII, two woodcut vignettes with images of saints, decorative opening letter. Latin and single line of Hebrew 45 x 34 cm

Rome: Typis Reverendæ Cameræ Apostolicæ, January 21st 1732

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,250

In the center of this list of proscribed books there is a line of Hebrew. This refers to Rabbi Benjamin [Slonik]of Grodno’s work for women, Mitzvath Nashim (Venice, 1710), written originally in Judeo-German, and translated into Italian by Rabbi Jacob ben Elchanan Heilperin (here referred to as “Alpron”). One of the few examples of a Pontifical broadside where Hebrew type was used