The Rothschild Miscellany

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 225
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT).

The Rothschild Miscellany

<<ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES.>> (This one numbered 165/500) Facsimile Edition. Sumptuously illuminated plates and text. Together two volumes. Mint Condition. Original lavishly blind-tooled calf, clasps and hinges, solander box. Thick 4to.

London: Facsimile Editions 1989

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
Produced in Northern Italy in 1479, this extraordinary volume contains thirty-seven spectacularly illuminated literary units representing a variety of classical and medieval Hebrew texts. “The most precious of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts.” See www.facsimile-editions.com/en/rm/.