(RaDa”K). Sepher ha-Shorashim [“Book of Roots;” Biblical lexicon and grammar]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $600

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

author

KIMCHI, DAVID

printer

Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Printed in two columns. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Some words provided with nikud (vowel points). Sidebars contain Latin equivalents. Initial words within woodcut design. On title, former owner’s inscription, “Zechariah Colon.” On final page, signatures of censors, “Fr[ater]Paulus Vicecomes…Fr[ater] Alex[ande]r Longus Inquisitor Montisregalis, 1571.” See Wm. Popper, pl. V, nos. 1, 7. In col. 361, an anti-Christological remark by Kimchi has been expunged by the censor

references

Vinograd, Venice 330; Habermann, Adelkind 44; Adams K-46

f. (1), 5-548 columns, f.(1). Stained. Modern boards. Folio

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