Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choice Pearls”: Anthology of Sayings]. Translated from the Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon.
AUCTION 72 |
Thursday, March 16th,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Lot 139
IBN GABIROL, SOLOMON.
Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choice Pearls”: Anthology of Sayings]. Translated from the Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon.
Soncino: Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino 1484
Est: $50,000 - $60,000
PRICE REALIZED $50,000
<<A complete, wide-margined copy of this first edition ethical work;>> a collection of ethical maxims, proverbs and moral reflections.
The second book - the first, according to bibliographer Gerson Cohen - printed by the Soncino Family, publishers of more Hebrew volumes than any other press - and all of the most sublime quality. The Soncinos dominated the book market for some 30 years. Thus the adage: “For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the Word of the Lord from Soncino.”
See Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1963) pp. 56-60.