Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica

Imrei Binah Manuscript – Illustrated Title Page - Italy, 18th Century

Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
Imrei Binah manuscript, index to Chazal's sayings according to the alphabet. Handsome Italian-Sephardic Rashi writing. Italy, 1734. The title page is an illustrated etching in Rococo style (adornments of acanthus leaves and flower bouquets, a shell crown and an animal figure in the center).
Early writing. Not printed.
On the title page appears an opening in rhyme.
[112] written pages, 20 cm. Very high-quality paper, good condition, minor stains. Ancient worn binding with adorned leather back.