Sepher Ben-Gorion [Yosippon: historical narrative of the Second Temple period]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $700

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

author

JOSEPH BEN GORION (Commonly and erroneously attributed to).

printer

Jonah Aschkenazi

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1743

Description

FIRST LADINO EDITION. Translated by Abraham b. Isaac Assa. With final leaf (f.158) lacking in most copies

references

Vinograd, Const. 525; Yaari, Const. 393; Mehlman 1546

summary

Abraham Assa’s magnum opus was a complete Ladino translation of the Bible (Const. 1739-45), long the most popular text of its kind among the Sephardi communities of the Orient

ff. 158. Ex-library, slightly dampwrinkled. Modern calf. 4to

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