Sepher Michlol [grammar]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $800

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

author

KIMCHI, DAVID

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1545

Description

Edited by Elijah Levita. Latin marginalia on f.2r. Red ruling by hand.

references

Vinograd, Venice 246; Haberman, Bomberg 172

summary

The penultimate page consists of an appreciation by R. Solomon ben Mazal Tov, who puns on the adage in Ethics of the Fathers, “If there is no flour (kemach), there is no Torah.” See I.D. Markon, "R. Solomon ben Mazal Tov" in: Alexander Marx Jubilee Volume (1950) p. 335, no. 9.

ff. 268, (1). Title laid to size. Light stains. Contemporary vellum with later velllum ties, discolored. 8vo

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