(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 134

JOSEPH IBN RAI.

(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 20. Slight stains, previous owners’ signatures. Modern morocco. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1030; Habermann, di Gara 249; Mehlman 672.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1607

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

The Masorah provides the number of times a particular word appears in the Bible. In his Bible commentary, the Ba’al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) sought to expound significance to this phenomenon. The present work, Sepher Masoreth, provides further studies utlizing this approac