Sepher HaTechiyah VeSepher HaPeduth [on the resurrection of the dead]

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $900

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

author

SA’ADYAH GAON

printer

Joseph ben Jacob Shalit of Padua

Place

Mantua

Publication

1556

Description

FIRST EDITION. Letters of word “Sepher” on title of Part One and “Amar” on first page richly historiated. Printer’s mark on final leaf. Scholarly marginalia in an Ashkenazic hand

references

Vinograd, Mantua 36; Mehlman 1218

ff. (12). Variously stained, corners of final leaf slightly frayed. Modern calf with slip-case. 12mo

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