(Attributed to). Biuri’m [super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $400

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

author

SHAPIRO, NATHAN BEN SHIMSHON

printer

Matteo Zannetti (for Bernardo Justinian)

Place

Venice

Publication

1593

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within a garlanded architectural arch. Opening words within a decorative woodcut. Woodcut illustration of the ladder of Jacob on f. 28, Temple candelabra on f. 85, map of Biblical Israel on verso of f. 150. Marginalia. The YIVO copy.

references

Vinograd, Venice 778; Mehlman 609. See E. Katzman, Yeshurun, Vol. XIII

ff. 180. Trimmed and stained, title page laid down, f. 2 soiled and with margina repair. Later calf-backed boards, worn. Sm. 4to

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