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Cesare Barzi. Decisiones almae Rotae Bononiensis. First edition. ff. (52), 418, (1). Venice, Damianum Zenarium, 1603.

Auction 91 · Lot 1

Cesare Barzi. Decisiones almae Rotae Bononiensis. First edition. ff. (52), 418, (1). Venice, Damianum Zenarium, 1603.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$750

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

author

(BIBLE).

Publication

1603

Description

Binding incorporating a 15th-century Hebrew Bible fragment.

summary

The vellum binding is a Masoretic manuscript (note the masorah gedolah that is visible on the bottom), and the text on the side of the attached image is the Book of Kings I, chap. 8. The other side is from the Book of Chronicles II, Chap. 2:1-13. Both leaves appear to be in the same hand.
Folio.
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