Bnei David [commentary and novellae to Maimonides’ Code]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

FALCON, DAVID

printer

Jonah ben Jacob Aschkenazi

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Woodcut Printers devise on title. The Tzvi Hirsch Berlin Copy, with ownership inscription and marginal annotations in his hand.

references

Vinograd, Const. 489; Yaari, Const. 371

ff. (2), 93, 34. Lightly stained, gently damp-wrinkled, marginalia. Later blind-tooled chestnut morocco, rebacked, remains of clasps and hinges. Folio

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