Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come and resurrection of the dead]

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

BACHIAH BEN ASHER.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

DELUXE COPY, PRINTED ENTIRELY ON BROWN/PINK PAPER. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers Marks no. 16).

references

Vinograd, Venice 296.

summary

HIGHLY SCARCE BIBLIOPHILIC EDITION. PRINTED ENTIRELY ON LIGHT CHOCOLATE PAPER.Accompanied by correspondence to the Librarian of the Valmadonna Trust from an analytical chemist, recording his views on the scientific composition of the 16th-century colored paper.See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Colored Paper no. 2.

ff. 11. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio.

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