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Auction 11 · Lot 105
MOTLON, JACOB BEN SOLOMON
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
v.p.
Publication
v.d.
Description
She’erith Ya’akov-Toldoth Ya’akov [sermons and eulogies]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 71, 90, 4. ff. 89-90 missbound. [Vinograd, Salonika 147; Mehlman 927; not in Adams; JNUL copy incomplete]. Salonika, Abraham Bat-Sheva, 1597. * SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH SHEM TOV. Drashoth Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Third Edition. ff.81. [Vinograd, Padua 2; not in Adams]. Padua, Lorenzo Pasquato, 1567
summary
Despite the ancient presence of the University - one of the great institutions of learning in Europe - only two Hebrew books were printed in Padua throughout the 16th century. See Amram, pp. 338-41 and 387-88
Lightly browned and stained in places, marginal repairs to last two leaves of first work. Later blind-tooled calf, worn and rubbed. Sm. folio
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