Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $500

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

author

JOSEPH BEN GORION (Commonly and erroneously attributed to)

printer

Uri Phoebus Halevi

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1661

Description

Third Yiddish edition. Printed in Wayber-taytsch type. Woodcut illustrations throughout. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 278; Fuks, Amsterdam 292

ff. 363 (of 368) lacking ff. 10-14. Few leaves misbound. Title laid down, lower margin of f.15 with loss, lightly discolored. 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked. Thick 8vo

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