Auction 94 · Lot 439
Tehilim - Psalterium Hebraeum.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(TEHILIM).
printer
Menasseh ben Israel
Place
Amsterdam
Publication
1634
Description
Edited by Menasseh ben Israel. Title within architectural arch. With Nikud. Verses numbered in a contemporary hand.
references
Vinograd, Amsterdam 32.
summary
The first independent Hebrew Psalter printed in Amsterdam.
First of the three editions of the Book of Psalms printed by Menasseh ben Israel. This copy with the Latin imprint.
ff. (132). Trimmed, lightly stained. Contemporary vellum, light wear, remnants of wax ownership seal on pastedown of rear cover. 16mo.
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