Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Rav Alfas – Krakow, 1597 – Ancient Glosses

Opening: $2,000
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Rav Alfas, Volume 2, Seder Nashim and Tractate Chulin. Krakow, 1597. Printed by Yitzchak ben Aharon of Prostich.
Signatures and owners' inscriptions from various times. On title page, signature in early Ashkenasi handwriting from time of printing: "Moshe ben Yoseph Bir—" [Birgel?]. The book's sheets have dozens of ancient glosses in that same handwriting from the 16th -17th century.
268 leaves. 35.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains to some pages. Some glosses are slightly cut off. Antique binding, leather-covered wood decorated with engravings, with one complete buckle and remnants of another buckle, tears to binding spine.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years