(RaDa”K). Sepher HaShorashim.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $2,500

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

author

KIMCHI, DAVID,

printer

Giustiniani-Adelkind

Place

Venice

Publication

1546-47

Description

Another edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Printed in two columns. Hebrew words occasionally provided with nikud (vowel points). Sidebars with Latin equivalents. Initial words within woodcut design. Marginal reference to Shada’l on col. 320.

references

Vinograd, Venice 330.

summary

Unusually, this edition of Kimchi’s fundamental lexicographical work explicitly uses the word “Notzrim” and similar references to Gentiles.

ff. 137. Lightly browned. Later gilt-tooled morocco over heavy wooden boards, clasps and hinges, expertly rebacked. Folio.

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