Dos Sepher...Kühebuch

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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(ABRAHAM BEN MATTITJA)

Dos Sepher...Kühebuch

ONE OF TEN NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM. Yiddish text with a profusion of illustrations. Introduction by Moshe N. Rosenfeld Half calf over patterned boards, with fitted box. Sm.4to cf. Vinograd, Verona 9

London: Hebraica Books 1984

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

A facsimile of the celebrated “Book of Cows” - an important early Yiddish book of fables that first appeared in Verona in 1595, of which only a single copy is extant. It is one of the most profusely illustrated works of early Jewish Literature. It was printed by Abrahan ben Mattitja Bat-Sheva during his years at Verona before he returned to his native Salonika after 1595. The identity of the author has been the subject of much scholarly research.