Arba’ah Turim [Rabbinic Code of Law]

Estimate: $1,000–$2,000
Hammer price: $2,750

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

author

JACOB BEN ASHER

printer

David and Samuel ibn Nachmias

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1493

Description

Fragment of two leaves only (of 408).

references

Vinograd, Const. 1; Yaari, Const. 1; Goff Heb-49; (5 copies of which 3 are imperfect); Offenberg 63; Steinschneider p. 1182, no. 5500.3; Thes. C-1; Mehlman, Genuzot Sepharim, p. 104.

summary

THE TUR WAS THE FIRST BOOK TO BE PRINTED IN ANY LANGUAGE IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST. IT WAS THE ONLY HEBREW INCUNABLE TO BE PRINTED IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

Two-thirds of second leaf present, both leaves laid to size. Loose in modern folder. Folio.

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