Auction 27
Huge collection of Rare Seforim from a private collection and Rabbinical letters
By Prime Judaica
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Nov 18, 2024
30 9th Street, Lakewood NJ 08701, USA, United States
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LOT 136:
First Jewish Sefer Printed in Livorno: Rare! Yalkut Shimoni, 1649-1652.
Yalkut Shimoni I. ...
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Sold for: $600
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
750
Start price:
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500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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First Jewish Sefer Printed in Livorno: Rare! Yalkut Shimoni, 1649-1652.
Yalkut Shimoni I. Livorno, 1649-1652. The first Jewish Sefer to be printed there. Rare.
“The Yalkut, on all twenty four Seforim (I. on the Torah), by Rabbi Shimon, head of the speakers of Vrankburt. With commentary ‘Brit Avraham’ by Rabbi Avraham Gedalya of Yerushalayim. YBI”G Press (Yedidya ben Yitzchak Gabai), Livorno, 1649-1652.
At the beginning of the Sefer is a “A Sent Letter” in which the printer tells of the founding of the press in Livorno, and at the end of the volume he adds ‘words from the printer to the reader’.
Rare to fine both sections of this sefer!
Originally printed in 2 volumes, in this present copy the first volume is split into 2 sections, which make a total of 3 volumes.
Volume 1-2 [chelek 1] 550, [1] pages.
32 cm
Title page damaged, overall in fine-very fine condition, stains, small damaged to first few pages.
Volume 3 [chelek 2], 289 pages.
31.5 cm
Overall in fine condition, title page detached, stains, repairs to first few and last few pages.
Modern leather binding.
