Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choicest of Pearls”]. Translated from the Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon.

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $5,000

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author

IBN GABIROL, SOLOMON.

printer

Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino

Place

Soncino

Publication

1484

Description

FIRST EDITION. Square and cursive Rabbinic type alternate in text.

references

Vinograd, Soncino 3; Steinschneider, p. 2319, no. 6916.1; Goff, Heb-98; Thes. A-27; Offenberg 57.

summary

First edition ethical work, a collection of maxims, proverbs and moral reflections. The second book - the first, according to bibliographer Gerson Cohen - printed by the Soncino Family, publishers of more Hebrew volumes than any other press. See D. Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1963) pp. 56-60. See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Incunables no. 12.

ff. 41 (of 60). Provided in facsimile: ff. 1, 5, 7-9, 13-15, 17, 23, 47-51, 53, 57-59. Upper corners of few leaves with loss affecting text, few marginal repairs, stained in places. Modern blind-tooled crushed morocco. Housed in custom slip-case. Sm. 4to.

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