(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBba”’TZ [responsa]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,200

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

author

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH

printer

Naphtali Herz Levi Rofe

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural border. Divisional ornamental woodcut title featuring lions, foliage and crown (partly missing and supplied by hand). Four parts in one volume. The Rabbi Joseph Breuer copy, with his stamp. Bound in original colored “Fish-skin” binding with tooled floral decorations

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490

summary

R. Shimon ben Zemach Duran (RaSHBa”TZ), a Spanish exile who settled in Algiers in 1391, was one of the most authoritative North African decisors of the 15th century. Popular lore has suggested, that in merit of Duran’s respect for holy books, his own works were beautifully bound. Concerning the existence of typographical variances, see D. Yardeni, Alei Seipher vol. X, pp.119-32. This Copy with Original Binding in Unusually Bright Condition

ff. (12), 91; (1), 69, (1); (1), 68, (1); (1), 101, (1). Small portion of border of first title supplied in manuscript, dampstained. Hairline cracks in spine. Thick folio

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