Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead.]

Estimate: $15,000–$20,000
Hammer price: $16,000

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author

BACHIAH BEN ASHER (BEN CHLAVA).

Place

Constantinople

Publication

circa 1514

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Yaari Constantinople 37; Mehlman, 962

summary

FIRST EDITION WITH CORRECT ATTRIBUTION OF AUTHOR. Two undated editions of this work were published at approximately the same time, in Mantua and Constantinople. The colophon of the Mantua edition mistakenly attributes this work to the Ramba”n. According to Friedberg, there are many substantial differences between both editions

ff. 12. Repair to lower three lines of final two leaves with few words supplied in facsimile. Modern vellum-backed marbled boards. Folio

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