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The Parma Psalter

Auction 96 · Lot 149

The Parma Psalter

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$800

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

author

(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE).

printer

Facsimile Editions

Place

London

Publication

1996

Description

ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES. Facsimile edition of the Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript of The Psalms with a Commentary by Abraham Ibn Ezra. Two volumes. Text volume, prepared by Malachi Beit-Arie, Therese Metzger, etc., printed on blue paper. Limitation card with stamp of Publisher and Biblioteca Palatina in Parma tipped in.

summary

This exceptional manuscript was in the collection of G.B. de Rossi (1742-1831). In 1816 de Rossi sold it to Napoleon’s wife, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma for 100,000 francs. She subsequently presented it to the Palatina Library in Parma, where it remains.
Original calf-backed vellum and full calf; slip-case. 12mo.
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