(Editor). Dikdukim [Grammatical Treatises]. * Bound together with: Elijah Halevi (Elijah Bachur). Sepher Harkavah and Moses ibn Habib. Marpeh Lashon.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

Benjamin ben Judah of Rome.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

FIRST EDITION. Headers within leaf motifs. On several pages, signature of former owner “Joseph ben Samuel d’Ascoli” of the distinguished Ascoli family, originating from Ascoli Piceno near Ancona. (See EJ, Vol. III, col. 690).

references

Vinograd, Venice 265.

summary

Dikdukim contains the following four treatises: 1) Moses Kimchi: Mahalach Shevilei Hada’ath (with commentary by Elijah Bachur). 2) An anonymous Spanish author: Pethach Devarai. 3) Abraham ibn Ezra: Sepher Tzachuth BeDikduk. 4) Idem. Sepher Moznei Leshon HaKodesh.

I. ff. (5), 236. * II. ff. 83, (1). * III. ff. (26). Dampstained, final page wormed and laid to size. Recent calf. 12mo.

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