Sepher Yuchasin [onomasticon and history]

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $12,000

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

author

ZACUTO, ABRAHAM.

printer

(Solomon Ya’avetz)

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1566

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title words within typographic border.

references

Vinograd, Const. 228; Yaari, Const. 169

summary

Outlines the historical development of the Oral Law and establishes the chronology of the Sages who transmitted it. Also chronicles the history of various nations along with the state of scientific research and scholarship. The narrative reaches the author’s day (the Spanish Expulsion).

ff. 172. (Printer’s signature 42 and the final signature 45 have two leaves each.) Part of title missing and supplied by hand. ff. 3 and 4 taped. Some stains; also worming on final leaf. Signature of owner on title has been cropped. Calf, gilt. 4to.

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