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Auction 47 · Lot 237

Simanei VeKitzurei HaMordechai

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$550

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

author

OTTOLENGHI, JOSEPH.

printer

Jacob Marcaria the Physician

Place

Riva di Tento

Publication

1559

references

Vinograd, Riva 11

summary

Joseph Ottolenghi, the author / publisher also issued a folio edition of this work in the same year. Ottolenghi (d. 1570), was the Rabbi of Cremona and provided much of the scholarship found in the Riva di Trento publications. The printer, Jacob Marcaria thanks Ottolenghi profusely and gives him the honorific title of HaGaon in both the title and introduction. Further regarding Ottolenghi, see Benayahu, HaDefus Ha’Ivri BeCremona, pp. 111-14
ff.176. Slight staining, trimmed. Modern tooled calf. 12mo
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