Pardes Rimonim [explanation to Aggadah]

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 141

IBN SHAPRUT, SHEM-TOV

Pardes Rimonim [explanation to Aggadah]

FIRST EDITION. Title within floral border. Printer’s device (Yaari no. 21) at end ff. 51, (1). Slight staining, previous owner's signatures on title, some marginalia in an Italian hand. Elaborately tooled modern morocco with matching slip-case. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Sabbioneta 23; Mehlman 1185

Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa 1554

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $2,400

Shem Tov ben Isaac ibn Shaprut of Tudela was a 14th-century Spanish philosopher, physician, and polemicist. He has been confused with Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa who lived in the 12th-century. According to Di Castro (Biblioteca Espanola, I, no. 231), the latter was indeed the author of Pardes Rimonim