Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 15
ALFASI, ISAAC BEN JACOB (RI”F).

Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]

Fifth edition. With commentaries of Rashi, R. Nissim Gerondi and R. Jonah Gerondi. Edited by Joseph Ottolenghi. Three parts in three volumes (not uniform). Titles with Cardinal Christofil Madrucci’s seal and cherubs. Various signatures, extensive Rabbinic marginalia in old hand. Vol. I: ff. 268. Vol. II: ff. 48; 853-872 (bound out of sequence; in Vinograd's collation ff. 289-308), 49-219, 784-852 [i.e. 288] (our foliation differs slightly from Vinograd's collation ff. 212, 777-852). Vol. III: ff. 302, (8). Variously stained and soiled in places, paper repairs, trimmed; (Detailed condition report available on request). Modern calf-backed boards. Folio Vinograd, Riva di Trento 1; not in Adams

Riva di Trento: Anthony Bruin and Jacob Marcaria 1558

Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,500
THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PRINTED IN RIVA DI TRENTO.