Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead]

AUCTION 74 | Thursday, November 09th, 2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 21
BACHIAH BEN ASHER.

Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead]

<<DELUXE COPY, PRINTED ENTIRELY ON BROWN/PINK PAPER.>> Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers Marks no. 16). ff. 11. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio.

Venice:

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
HIGHLY SCARCE BIBLIOPHILIC EDITION. PRINTED ENTIRELY ON LIGHT CHOCOLATE PAPER.Accompanied by correspondence to the Librarian of the Valmadonna Trust from an analytical chemist, recording his views on the scientific composition of the 16th-century colored paper.See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Colored Paper no. 2.