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

Sefer Masoret HaMasoret - Venice, 1538

Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Sefer Masoret HaMasoret, composition regarding Hebrew grammar and the principles of the mesorah, by R. Eliyahu Bachur-Ashkenazi (Elia Levita). Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1538]. First edition.
12, 15-87 pages (without [1] leaf of errata and without [1] blank leaf bound between pages 12-15 in some copies. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Bottom half of title page is missing, without damage to the text, and has been repaired. Repaired worming and tears on several pages. Markings and underlining in the text. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Incunabula and Early Printed Books
Incunabula and Early Printed Books