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Auction 9 · Lot 140

ALSHEICH, MOSES

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$1,000

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

printer

Giovanni di Gara & Daniel Zanetti

Place

Venice

Publication

1591 & 1601

Description

Shoshanath HaAmakim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text]. ff. 69 (of 70). Lacking f.12, title page laid down with loss in facsimile. * Devarim Tovim [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text]. ff. 41,(1). * Einai Moshe [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]. ff. 46,(1). * Masath Moshe [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text]. ff. 86. Five woodcut illustrations on f.83v. * Devarim Nechumim [commentary to the Book of Lamentations, with text]. ff. 38,(1). Small hole on ff. 4 and 31-3 repaired with lost text provided in manuscript

references

Vinograd, Venice 764; 922; 934; 931& 923. Haberman, di Gara 133; 205; 208; 206. Not in Adams
Lightly browned with scattered stains, foxed on a few leaves, upper margin closely shaved in places without loss. Modern calf backed marbled boards. 4to
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