Auction 25 · Lot 3
Ma’ayan Ganim
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $2,600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ARCHIVOLTI, SAMUEL D’
printer
Alvise Bragadin
Place
Venice
Publication
1553
Description
FIRST EDITION. Three-crown printer’s device on title (Ya’ari no. 18). Woodcut vignette of a water-fountain repeated several times
references
Vinograd, Venice 456; not in Adams
summary
Containing some 25 letters, including love letters, written in metrical form designed to serve as templates for students of this classic literary genre.
Ma’ayan Ganim has gained some notoriety as a source, on the contentious issue to some, of promulgating intensive Torah-study for women. It is cited by Baruch Epstein in his works Torah Temimah and Mekor Baruch. Regarding several scholars not familiar with the original citation - no doubt due to the rarity of this edition - see D. Rabinowitz, Rayna Batya and Other Learned Women: A Reevaluation of Rabbi... Epstein's Sources in: Tradition,Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2001) pp.55-69 (esp. n. 51)
ff. 45, (1). Dampstained in places. Owner’s signature in an Italian hand on title. Scattered marginalia. Final blank contains a pen-and-ink drawing of a cartouche. Later vellum. 12mo
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