(Arbah Turim) Choshen Mishpat [Rabbinic Code]

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

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

author

JACOB BEN ASHER

printer

Juan Bragadin for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1595

Description

Printer’s device on title. Final leaf with woodcut of Venus holding a spear pointed at a seven-headed dragon (Yaari no. 35)

references

Vinograd, Venice 800; Habermann, di Gara 147; Adams J-23

summary

Yaari apparently did not see the rare final leaf, as he states that it appears only in the Mishneh Torah published by Bragadin in 1574: “It does not appear in any other book published by Bragadin.” See Yaari, Hebrew Printers Marks, p. 136

ff. 421, [1] 27, [1]. Previous owners’ signatures and notes on title and inside front cover, including Yoseph Ha-Levi, a Dayan in a town in France, scattered marginalia, plus a list of all the different types of the legal concept of ”Migo” listed in the Talmud in an Ashkenazic script on the verso of the title, first seven leaves loose, some staining and marginal worming at end. Contemporary boards, defective. Folio

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