(Arba’ah Turim). Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic Code]

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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JACOB BEN ASHER

(Arba’ah Turim). Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic Code]

FIRST EDITION WITH COMMENTARY BY JOSEPH KARO. Each letter of title within a decorative woodcut vignette. Opening word of main text within elaborate floral woodcut border piece. Printer’s mark on verso of final leaf (Yaari no. 20) ff. 232. Previous owner's signature and inscription on title in an Italian hand, also with small paper repair, censors' signatures on final leaf, censored in places, some staining, slight repair to title not affecting text. Old blind -ooled reversed calf, worn. Folio Vinograd, Sabbioneta 7; Mehlman 732; Habermann, Adelkind 114; Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher, pp. 354-55, no. 5

Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa 1553

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

According to Sonne (cited also by Yaari and Habermann), there are two variants of this edition; one on which f. 74 contains 53 lines on both the recto and verso (as in this copy and the Mehlman copy) and another issue wherein the recto contains 59 lines and the verso 53 lines within a differing layout. See Kiryath Sepher Vol. VII (1930), p. 484.