Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $800

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

author

DI UCEDA, SAMUEL

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1585

Description

Second edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Opening word of each chapter within floral woodcut border. Signature and stamp of former owners on title (including Ya’akov Abukra), scattered marginalia, lengthy manuscript poem in a Sephardic hand on final page.

references

Vinograd, Venice 679.

ff. 252. Some staining, title and opening leaves repaired affecting a few words of the introduction, some worming and tape repair, small burn hole on f. 39, fore-edges colored purple. Recent boards. 4to.

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