Mirkeveth HaMishneh [commentary to the Book of Devarim].

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $2,300

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author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Tobias Foa

Place

Sabbioneta

Publication

1551

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural floral border. On final page, printer's marks of Tobias Foa and Joseph Shalit (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 19-20).

references

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 1.

summary

THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PRINTED IN SABBIONETA. With the rare unnumbered final leaf containing a full-page poem by Azariah di Rossi (author of Me’or Einaiyim). With an important introduction by the editor- publisher Joseph ben Jacob of Padua concerning the establishment of the Hebrew press at Sabbioneta, a town situated in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy.

ff. 145, (1). Stained in places, censored, few marginal repairs, previous owner’s marks. Modern morocco. Folio.

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