The Rothschild Miscellany

AUCTION 73 | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 1:00

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

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Lot 155

(ILLUMINATED FACSIMILE).

The Rothschild Miscellany

<<ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES.>> Facsimile Edition. Sumptuously illuminated plates and text. Together two volumes. Original lavishly blind-tooled calf, clasps and hinges, solander box. Thick 4to.

London: Facsimile Editions 1989

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

“The most precious of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts.” 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.