(Commonly mis-attributed to Jonah Gerondi). Issur ve-Heter [dietary laws]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 11

ASCHKENAZI, JONAH

(Commonly mis-attributed to Jonah Gerondi). Issur ve-Heter [dietary laws]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch with the printer’s device of an armillary sphere resting on a scroll with verse from Psalm 130:5 (illustrated EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 1094, no. 7). Wide-margined copy ff. 174. Opening and closing two leaves with marginal repairs with loss to a few letters on f.1r, light stains. Modern bright crimson calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 32; Adams J-312

Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1555

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

The printer, formerly known as Duarte Pinel, fled his home in Portugal, for safety in Italy, following the unmasking of his heretofore concealed Marrano identity in 1550. Ibn Usque was responsible for the appearance two years earlier of the celebrated “Ferrara Bible” - the first edition of the Old Testament in Spanish - a testament to the tolerance and liberal sentiment of the princely Family of Este, rulers of the Duchy of Ferrara. See D. Amram, Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1963), pp. 280-7 The author was a disciple of R. Israel Isserlin, author Terumoth ha-Deshen. The printed notes on the margins were written by the editor R. Azariah b. Shimon known as R. Ziskind of Posen