Yehushua ben Sirak [the Apocryphal Wisdom of Ben Sira]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $325

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

author

(BEN SIRA)

printer

n.p.

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1712

Description

FIRST EDITION with Yiddish translation (printed in Wayber-taytsch type). Prepared from the Dutch by Joseph Maarsan. The Mayer Sulzberger copy (Halberstamm Collection)

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 961; Mehlman 101

ff. 36. Corners of opening and closing leaves taped not affecting text, stained. 19th-century cloth-backed marbled boards. 12mo

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