Lot 120
Large Collection of Printed Leaves - Constantinople, Salonika and Italy - 16th Century
Large and assorted collection of leaves from early printed books, many from a "bindings genizah", printed in Constantinople, Salonika and Italy, in the 16th century.
The collection includes: leaves from Sefer Yosifon, Constantinople 1510; leaves from Menorat HaMaor, Constantinople 1514 (first edition); leaves from Amudei Gola - Semak, Constantinople ca. 1510; leaves from Torat HaAdam by the Ramban, Constantinople 1519; leaf from Midrash Chamesh Megillot, Shir HaShirim Rabba, [Constantinople 1520?]; leaves from Akeidat Yitzchak, Salonika 1522; leaves from Pirushim LeRashi, Constantinople 1530; leaf from the Five Books of the Torah with Targum Onkelos and Ladino translation [Constantinople 1547?]; leaves from Mishneh Torah, Venice 1550-1551; leaves from Birkat Avraham, by R. Avraham Treves, Venice 1553; leaves from R. Alfas, Sabbioneta 1554; leaves from Lechem Yehuda by R. Yehuda Lerma, Sabbioneta 1554-1555; leaves from Responsa Mahari Ben Lev, Constantinople 1556; leaves from Yalkut Shimoni, Venice 1566; leaves from Tractate Avot, with the Milei DeAvot commentary by R. Yosef Hayun, Constantinople 1579; leaves from Maamar Mordechai by R. Shem Tov Melamed, Constantinople 1585; and more (some leaves have not been identified).
Over 100 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary (some leaves and leaf fragments very damaged due to binding).
