Apophtegmata Patrum - Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(ITALY).

printer

Libantea

Place

Verona

Publication

1826

Description

Text in Hebrew and Italian, side by side. With charming woodcut devices including a farmer driving his oxen, also with a bee’s hive and honey date palm, alluding to the Blessing of Milk and Honey.

references

Vinograd, Verona 57.

summary

For another copy, but in its original “sheets,” see Kestenbaum Sale 14, lot 294.

ff. 35. Lightly foxed. Modern calf. 8vo.

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