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[“Chronicles of Moses”]. (Anonymous)

Auction 14 · Lot 159

[“Chronicles of Moses”]. (Anonymous)

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

DIVREI HAYAMIM LEMOSHE RABEINU

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1605

Description

Third edition. Title within decorative typographical border

references

Vinograd, Venice 982; Habermann, di Gara 229; Mehlman 1265

summary

Tales of the life of Moses, together with other fables. Written in the early Middle Ages, often erroneously considered to belong to Midrashic literature. See EJ, XII col. 413
ff. 64. Stained in places, title filled to size with few letters supplied in manuscript, inscriptions on title and verso of final leaf. Contemporary vellum. 12mo
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