Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sefer HaShorashim – Venice, 1546-1548 – Printed by Justinian
Opening: $300
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Sefer HaShorashim, roots of the Holy Tongue, by R. David Kimchi (the Radak) with explanations by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Venice: Justinian (Giustiniani), 1546-1548.
Early ownership inscription on leaf [2]: "Mine, David Marcaria" (this may be R. David Marcaria, who established a Beit Midrash in Conegliano Veneto, in 1605).
[2] pages, 5-548 columns, [1] page. Eight leaves, comprising columns 33-64, bound upside down and out of sequence. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Repaired tears and minor damage to title page. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding, with most of the original leather binding laid down. Bookplate.
The title page is dated Marcheshvan 1546, but this edition was completed in Adar 1548, as stated in R. Eliyahu Bachur's poem at the end of the book.
The title page of this copy contains only Hebrew text (without Latin text), as in the variant recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Early ownership inscription on leaf [2]: "Mine, David Marcaria" (this may be R. David Marcaria, who established a Beit Midrash in Conegliano Veneto, in 1605).
[2] pages, 5-548 columns, [1] page. Eight leaves, comprising columns 33-64, bound upside down and out of sequence. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Repaired tears and minor damage to title page. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding, with most of the original leather binding laid down. Bookplate.
The title page is dated Marcheshvan 1546, but this edition was completed in Adar 1548, as stated in R. Eliyahu Bachur's poem at the end of the book.
The title page of this copy contains only Hebrew text (without Latin text), as in the variant recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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