Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Mincha Belula - Verona, 1594

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Mincha Belula, commentary on the Five Books of the Torah, by R. Avraham Menachem Rapa of Porto (Rappaport). Verona: Francesco Dalle Donne, [1594].
Printed on the title page is "In the year of our master, His Majesty the Duke Pasquale Cicogna..." (Doge of
Venice during 1585-1595); but it is not clear if the inscription is referring to the year of printing.
Printed on page 207b is the emblem of the Rappaport family, a crow and palms of hands (symbolizing the family's status as Kohanim). Printed on page 208 is an apology by the proofreader titled "The proofreader (misspelled and corrected in some copies) said…".
Owner's stamps: "Chaim Ze'ev Wolf Bariol from Ashmyany, author of Divrei Chaim" (1845-1883, born in Ashmyany, moved to Jerusalem in 1876).
[3], 208, [1] leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Title page mounted on paper (with tears, stamps and ink drawing). Elaborate leather binding (new).
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