(Sepher Pizmonim)

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

PACIFICO, JACOB.

Place

Ancona

Publication

1732

Description

Autograph Manuscript, in square Italian Hebrew script, brown ink on paper, 326pp. Title within architectural arch, verso with simple symmetrical design few initial words within cartouche, text of each page within double-ruled border. Index at end

summary

Collection of some 153 liturgical poems written whilst the author was incarcerated in prison (as recorded on verso of title)

Opening leaf with loss to outer margins, final few ff. wormed, stained in places, contemporary sheep, worn and shaken, remnants of clasps, 12mo

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