Mirkeveth ha-Mishnah [commentary to Sepher Devarim]

AUCTION 35 | Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1:00

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Mirkeveth ha-Mishnah [commentary to Sepher Devarim]

FIRST EDITION.Title within architectural floral border, two printer’s devices at end. ff.145, (1). Some browning and staining, few leaves inserted from a slightly shorter copy, title repaired with small portion of lower right corner in facsimile. Later calf, rubbed and slightly chipped. Folio Vinograd, Sabbioneta 1; Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher p. 352, no. 1

Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa 1551

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PRINTED IN SABBIONETA. With the rare unnumbered final leaf containing a. full-page poem by Azariah di Rossi (author of Me’or Einaiyim). With an important introduction concerning the establishment of the Hebrew press at Sabbioneta by the editor-publisher Joseph ben Jacob of Padua.