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Auction 58 · Lot 208

(RaDa”K). Sepher Michlol [grammar]

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

KIMCHI, DAVID.

printer

Gershom / Eliezer Soncino

Place

Constantinople

Publication

(1533)

Description

Third edition (the first two editions entirely unknown to Steinschneider). Title within attractive four-part ornamental border.

references

Vinograd, Const. 149; Mehlman 1252; Adams K-48.

summary

According to the colophon, the work was begun by Gershom Soncino (who died in 1534) and was completed by his son Eliezer. See A.M. Haberman, Perakim be-Toldoth HaMadpissim Ha’Ivri’im (1978) pp. 15-20.
ff. (64). Stained and wormed. Title as well as many other leaves laid to size with some loss, corners rounded. Modern morocco. Folio.
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