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Zivchei Cohen [laws of ritual slaughter].

Auction 75 · Lot 138

Zivchei Cohen [laws of ritual slaughter].

Estimate
$700–$1,000
Hammer price
$650

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

author

COEN, ISAAC

printer

E.M. Ottolenghi

Place

Livorno

Publication

1832

Description

First Edition. Text in Hebrew and Italian. Eight folding engraved plates. One plate reproduced in a contemporary hand.

references

Vinograd, Livorno 802.

summary

Anatomical plates relating to slaughter, inspecting and porging. This copy with additional plates, unrecorded by Roest (280), Wiener (3365) and Friedberg (Zayin, 46).
pp. 64. Browned, some tears to plates. previous owner’s marks. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards, worn, backstrip split. Sm. 4to.
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