Megilath Esther [commentary on the Sepher Hamitzvoth of Maimonides]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $950

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

author

IBN ZUR, ISAAC LEON.

printer

di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1592

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Venice 770; Habermann di Gara 136; Friedberg "Mem" 522

summary

This first edition has additional material not published in later editions. The recto of the title page contains a “shemirah” instituted by Nachmanides and sent from Acre to Barcelona, as a protection against robbers while travelling. Although the pagination correctly follows that cited by Friedberg, Vinograd calls for four supplementary leaves.

ff. 128. Ex-library, some staining, trace marginal worming, inscription (dated 1762). Later boards. 4to

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