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Kovetz [collectanea.]

Auction 68 · Lot 133

Kovetz [collectanea.]

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$1,000

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

author

(ITALY).

Place

Monferrato, (Piedmont)

Publication

1782

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Italian hand on paper.

summary

The scribe of this manuscript is Tovia Baruch, or Tobbia Isach Debenedetti (as he signs on the final page). The volume includes: * I. Seder HaDikduk BeKetzarah [abridged Hebrew grammar]. ff. 9. * II. Maphtechoth Pirkei HaMishnah [alphabetical index of the chapters of the Mishna]. ff. 14. * III. Barchi Naphshi [poem]. With translation into Italian by Yochanan Yehudah Altarini (see Davidson, Otzar HaShirah, Nun-532). With a kabbalistic Ilan (Tree) of the Sefiroth. ff. 30. * IV: Laws of the Passover Seder. In Italian (written from left to right). ff. 5.
Stained, corners frayed. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 12mo.
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