Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead.]
AUCTION 25 |
Monday, October 25th,
2004 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books: The Property of a Gentleman
Lot 5
BACHIAH BEN ASHER (BEN CHLAVA).
Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead.]
Constantinople: circa 1514
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PRICE REALIZED $16,000
FIRST EDITION WITH CORRECT ATTRIBUTION OF AUTHOR. Two undated editions of this work were published at approximately the same time, in Mantua and Constantinople. The colophon of the Mantua edition mistakenly attributes this work to the Ramba”n. According to Friedberg, there are many substantial differences between both editions