Sepher Ha’Aruch [Talmudic dictionary, including etymologies from Latin, Greek, Arabic and Persian].

Estimate: $10,000–$15,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME.

printer

Gershom Soncino

Place

Pesaro

Publication

1517

Description

Second edition. Title within decorative Soncino border. Wider margins. Marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Pesaro 44; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. no. 2041 (editio rarissima).

summary

Nathan’s Aruch is “a manifestation not only of its author’s brilliance and deep acquaintance with sources, but also of his encyclopaedic knowledge.” See S. B. Linderman, Sefer Sarid Ba’Arachin (1972) Introduction. “The work is important for its many citations of Gaonic sources, descriptions of Jewish customs, and citations of long- lost Midrashim.” See Heller, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book (2004) pp. 104-105.

ff. 196. Many previous owner’s inscriptions. Complete but mispaginated (as in all copies). Opening few leaves worn generally not affecting text, corners repaired. Modern blind-tooled crushed morocco, spine in compartments and titled in gilt. Folio.

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