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Auction 21 · Lot 33

(Editor). Dikdukim [Grammatical Treatises]. * Bound together with: Elijah Halevi (Elijah Bachur). Sepher Harkavah and Moses ibn Habib’s Marpeh Lashon.

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$1,200

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

author

Benjamin ben Judah of Rome

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

FIRST EDITION. Headers within leaf motifs. Replete with notes in Latin in a petite scholarly hand. On title page, two owners’ signatures in Hebrew: “Mordecai ben Joseph …” and “Joseph ben Guigui.” Also a Latin inscription.

references

Vinograd, Venice 265

summary

Dikdukim contains the following four treatises: 1) Kimchi, Moses. Mahalach Shevilei Hada’ath (with commentary by Elijah Bachur). 2) Anonymous Spanish author. Pethach Devarai. 3) Ibn Ezra, Abraham. Sepher Tzachuth be-Dikduk. 4)Idem. Sepher Moznei Leshon ha-Kodesh.
I. ff. (5), 236. II. ff. 83, (1). III. ff. 24. Gutter split though a clean copy. Calf gilt, spine repaired (original loose). Sm. 4to.
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