Pardes Rimonim [explanation to Aggadah]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $2,400

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

author

IBN SHAPRUT, SHEM-TOV

printer

Tobias Foa

Place

Sabbioneta

Publication

1554

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within floral border. Printer’s device (Yaari no. 21) at end

references

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 23; Mehlman 1185

summary

Shem Tov ben Isaac ibn Shaprut of Tudela was a 14th-century Spanish philosopher, physician, and polemicist. He has been confused with Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa who lived in the 12th-century. According to Di Castro (Biblioteca Espanola, I, no. 231), the latter was indeed the author of Pardes Rimonim

ff. 51, (1). Slight staining, previous owner's signatures on title, some marginalia in an Italian hand. Elaborately tooled modern morocco with matching slip-case. Sm. 4to

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