Sepher Tehilim [Book of Psalms]

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

(BIBLE Hebrew).

printer

Franciscus Raphelengius

Place

Leiden

Publication

1592

Description

Printer’s device on title. Square Hebrew letters with nikud (vowel points) and te’amim (cantillation). Previous owners’ Hebrew signatures with ten Hebrew manuscript pages containing prayers to be recited on weekdays and Sabbath after reciting Psalms plus a prayer for the sick and after changing the name of a sick person. Also with Latin marginalia in a miniscule hand.

references

Vinograd, Leiden 13; Mehlman 1849; Fuks, Leiden 9.

ff. 156. Worn through use, small tear on final leaf not affecting text. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 12mo.

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