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Auction 12 · Lot 156

(Arbah Turim) Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic code].

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$2,000

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

author

JACOB BEN ASHER

printer

Tobias Foa

Place

Sabbioneta

Publication

1553

Description

Each letter of title within a decorative woodcut vignette. Opening word of main text within elaborate floral woodcut border piece. Printer’s mark on verso of final leaf (Yaari no. 20)

references

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 7; Mehlman 732; Haberman, Adelkind 114; not in Adams

summary

FIRST EDITION with THE commentary “Beith Yoseph” by Joseph Karo.
ff. 232. Dampstained. Recent roan-backed boards. Folio
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