Mareh Chaim [M”eshalim, R”emazim, A”gadoth, H”alachoth (the abbreviation of the Hebrew word “Mareh”) in poetic form in honor of a wedding of a prominent citizen of Corfu]
AUCTION 29 |
Monday, June 20th,
2005 at 1:00
Superior Hebrew Printed Books: Singular Selections from Two Distingushed Private Collections with American-Judaica.
Lot 13
CONZIO, JOSEPH BEN GERSON
Mareh Chaim [M”eshalim, R”emazim, A”gadoth, H”alachoth (the abbreviation of the Hebrew word “Mareh”) in poetic form in honor of a wedding of a prominent citizen of Corfu]
Chieri: Joseph Conzio (1629)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $7,500
RARE CHIERI IMPRINT. NOT IN JNUL, BODLEIAN OR JTSL. This copy with an autograph poem by the Author.
Joseph Conzio established a small Hebrew press in Chieri, a Piedmontese town in Northern Italy, where he printed some one dozen items between 1626 and 1632, mostly all, his own compositions. By the early 20th century the Jewish Community in Chieri had ceased to exist. See EJ, V col. 422