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Auction 3 · Lot 72
Shalsheleth Hakabalah “Sepher Yachya.”
- Estimate
- $300–$400
- Hammer price
- $425
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
GEDALIAH IBN YACHYA
printer
Giovanni di Gara
Place
Venice
Publication
1587
Description
FIRST EDITION. The Samuel Schoenblum-Mayer Sulzberger copy (Halberstamm Collection). Title within architectural arch
references
Vinograd, Venice 718; Habermann, di Gara 98; not in Adams
summary
An encyclopedic melange of Jewish and World history, including short essays on numismatics, embryology, sorcery and eschatology
ff. 120 (of 122), lacking ff. 86-87, f. 52 supplied in manuscript. Signed by censors at end, trimmed and lightly stained. Modern half-calf. Sm. 4to
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