Mikra Kodesh

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

OVADIAH DI BARTINORO HAMON

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

The Month of Iyar, 1585

Description

FIRST EDITION second issue. A 17th-century owner proclaims definitive ownership (Chazakah) by inscribing his name three times at end

references

Vinograd, Venice 684; Habermann, di Gara 75; not in Adams

summary

Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with short essays by Moses Galante, Solomon Alkabetz, Israel di Curiel Jacob Bei Rav, and others. The first issue appeared three months before the present one, but was immediately withdrawn upon the instructions of the Chief Rabbi of Venice Judah Katzenellenbogen, to be re-issued with a new introduction and a corrected text. See Mehlman 1063

ff. 40. Signatures expunged from title, lightly stained. Later vellum, worn. 12mo

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