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Auction 7 · Lot 524
Sepher Mitzvath Gadol (SM”G) [“The Great Book of Precepts”]
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $5,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MOSES OF COUCY.
printer
Gershom ben Moses Soncino
Place
Soncino
Publication
19th December 1488
Description
Second Edition. Printed without a title page. Woodcut initials and incipit panels on on ff. 2r, 8v, 103v, and 107r. Marginalia
references
Vinograd, Soncino 37; Freimann-Marx, Thesaurus A-48
summary
The first book printed by Gershom Soncino. Second incunable edition of this extensive and important work, the first was printed in Rome, c.1469-72
ff. 205 (of 280) only. Trimmed, scattered staining and foxing, trace wormed, few taped repairs. Modern calf
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