Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choice Pearls”: Anthology of Sayings]. Translated from the Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon.

Estimate: $12,000–$18,000
Hammer price: $15,500

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author

IBN GABIROL, SOLOMON.

printer

Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino

Place

Soncino

Publication

1484

Description

FIRST EDITION. Square and cursive Rabbinic (or Rashi) type alternate in text. A handsome wide-margined copy.

references

Vinograd, Soncino 3; Goff 98; Offenberg 57; Freimann & Marx, Thesaurus A-27; Wineman Cat. 15.

summary

A collection of maxims, proverbs and moral reflections. The second book - (the first, according to bibliographer Gershon Cohen) - printed by the Soncino Family, publishers of more Hebrew books than any other press, all of the most sublime quality. The Soncinos dominated the book market for some 30 years. Thus the adage: “For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the Word of the Lord from Soncino.”

ff. (59 of 60), text complete, lacking initial blank leaf. Light stains, minute wormholes silked, expertly remargined, lower portion of final leaf lacking and laid to size, not affecting any text. Modern morocco, slip-case. 8vo

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