Auction 48 · Lot 30

Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS). With the commentary of David Ben Joseph Kimchi.

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $9,500

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author

(BIBLE

printer

Joshua Solomon Soncino, circa

Place

Soncino

Publication

1485

Description

First Separate Edition of Latter Prophets. The Moses Gaster copy, with his notes. Book-plates of two great collectors: Michael Zagajski and Daniel M. Friedenberg.

references

Vinograd, Soncino 13; Offenberg 29; Goff Heb-24; Freimann-Marx, Thesaurus A-39

summary

Printed just prior to the Soncino Family’s flight to Casal Maggiore, the present edition of the Later Prophets completed the House of Soncino’s first Biblical text. According to both A.K. Offenberg, (Studia Rosenthaliana, Volume V, no. 2, July 1971 pp. 259-60) and G. Cohen, (Hebrew Incunabula Yeshiva University p. 90 and 93), Soncino printed this edition of the Later Prohets prior to his edition of the Former Prophets. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Important Hebrew Books, Incunabula & Illuminated and Other Manuscripts from the Collection of the Late Michael Zagajski, Part Two, New York, 12th and 13th May 1970, Lot 3. Purchased by Daniel M. Friedenberg.

ff. 183 (of 294 including blanks). Collation details available upon request. Most leaves silked, stained in places with scattered marginal worming. Recent quarter-morocco over wooden boards, corner bosses, clasps and hinges, one lacking. Sm. folio. Sold not subject to retrun

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