Auction 78 - Rare and Important Items

Tehillim, with Vocalization and Cantillation Marks – Venice, 1590 – Fine Copy

Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $8,750
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, with vocalization and cantillation marks, divided for the seven days of the week. Venice: Zuan di Gara, 1590.
Fine ornamental title border. The title page reads: "Give a share to each day of the week" (printed in the center). Index leaves at the end of the volume divide the Psalms according to the days of the week.
Fine copy. 73, [3] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dark stains to several leaves). Handwritten inscriptions (in Latin). Early leather binding, with gilt decorations.
Listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on the copy in the Schocken Library.
Habermann, HaMadpis Zuan di Gara, no. 12.
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