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

Sefer Moreh Nevuchim - Sabbionetta, 1553 - With Rare Leaves

Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Moreh Nevuchim by the Rambam, with three commentaries: Shem Tov, Afudi and Ibn Crescas. Sabbionetta: Cornelius Adelkind HaLevi for Tobias Foa, 1553.
Erased signature: "Shmuel Treves". On the margins of the title page is the ownership inscription: "Blessed be G-d who has allowed me to buy this Sefer Moreh [Nevuchim] in the year 1736; Gedalia Yitzchak Treves" (the signature itself has been blotted out with ink).
Censor's erasures and censor's signatures on the last page.
[16], 174 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to the margins of the title page and several other pages. New elaborate leather binding.
This copy contains two leaves with geometric explanations and geometric shapes which do not exist in most copies. These leaves are bound in this copy following the [14] unnumbered pages.
Incunabula and Early Printed Books
Incunabula and Early Printed Books