Auction 6 Special and rare items
Nov 22, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 Yehuda ha-Nasi St 22, Jerusalem
ספרים ומכתבים, מסמכים היסטוריים, ארכיונים של גדולי ישראל, פולמוס, תצלומים, אנטישמיות ושואה, הרצל וציונות, בולאות, שטרות, חפצי יודאיקה ואמנות
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LOT 18:

Yalkut Shimoni (Venice, 1566?) – Important Signatures

Start price:
$ 200
Estimated price:
200-300$
Auction house commission: 20%
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Yalkut Shimoni on Tehillim, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. Most likely the Venice edition, 1566.
Throughout the book, many ancient signatures, among others:
On leaves, 146 and 159, the signature of "Makhluf Assulin S.T", of a family of the Spanish exiles. Served as the scribe of the Beit Din of Fes with rabbi Shmuel Ben Se'adyah Ben Danon. In 1545, he signed the regulations of the exiles.
On leaf 127, signatures and long inscriptions handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Edre'i.
On leaf 80, ancient inscriptions.
On leaf 88, signatures of Rabbi Yosef Edre'I and Rabbi Makhluf Assulin and more.
On leaf 89 (the beginning of the Book of Psalms), an ancient inscription.
On leaf 131 (the end of the Book of Psalms), several ancient signatures and interesting inscriptions.
On the margins of the leaves there are several short glosses, some of them cut off or damaged.
Condition: The leaves are in plastic sheet protectors in a ring binder. It is possible that some leaves are missing. The copy begins with leaf 61 and ends with leaf 162. The margins of all the leaves are damaged and sometimes, the text is also torn. However, the rare signatures on the copy are most important.