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Hebrew. PROVERBS, SONG OF SONGS & KOHELETH). * WITH: Letter from Daniel Bomberg to the Christian Hebraist, Johannes Reuchlin, dated 11th February 1522

Auction 17 · Lot 75

Hebrew. PROVERBS, SONG OF SONGS & KOHELETH). * WITH: Letter from Daniel Bomberg to the Christian Hebraist, Johannes Reuchlin, dated 11th February 1522

Estimate
$8,000–$10,000
Hammer price
$13,000

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

author

(BIBLE.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1522

Description

First Bomberg Edition

references

Vinograd, Venice 67; Habermann, Bomberg 73a; NO COPY IN THE JNUL

summary

FIRST BOMBERG EDTION OF THE PROVERBS, SONG OF SONGS & KOHELETH COMPENDIUM. SCARCE. Neither Habermann, in his bibliography of the printer Daniel Bomberg nor Vinograd saw a copy of this 1522 Proverbs, Song of Songs and Koheleth compendium
ff. (89). Few light stains, scattered Latin marginalia, title laid down. Recent vellum. 16mo
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