Auction 75 · Lot 129
Asiphath Menachem.
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BIBLIOGRAPHY)
Publication
1929
Description
Manuscript. Exceptional illuminated title-page prepared in gouache and pen-and-ink.
summary
Elaborate ledger with alphabetized Hebrew thumb-holders prepared for the celebrated Hebrew book-collector Rabbi Menachem Mendel Eckstein of Cleveland. Upon his death in 1946, he left behind a library of 16,000 volumes.
Original morocco with silver corner-pieces and central clasp. Folio.
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