Meir Iyov [commentary to the Book of Job, with text]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $800

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

author

ARAMA, ISAAC

printer

Giorgio di Cavalli

Place

(Riva di Trento) - Venice

Publication

1562-67

Description

Second edition. The Samuel Schoenblum-Mayer Sulzberger copy. Title letters historiated, printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 34)

references

Vinograd, Venice 546

summary

The work was begun in Riva di Trento but completed in Venice some years later following the death of of the original printer mid-way through publication. See Tauber & Sonne, Kiryat Sepher vol. VI pp. 455-56 and vol. VII pp. 168-69

ff. 124. Trimmed, lightly browned in places. 19th-century half-roan over marbled boards, spine in compartments and titled in gilt, loose in binding. Sm. 4to

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