Auction 79
THE VALMADONNA TRUST LIBRARY: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORIC COLLECTION. * HEBREW PRINTING IN AMERICA. * GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ART
Nov 16, 2018
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LOT 39:
(CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TRACT).
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Sold for: $400
Estimated price:
$
400 - $600
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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(Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino). Limmud HaMeshihim BeKitzur / Dottrina Christiana Breve.
FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and Italian. Hebrew prepared by Giovanni Battista Jona.
ff. (4), 64. Lightly foxed. Contemporary limp vellum, light wear. 4to. Vinograd, Rome 32.
Rome: Sacra Congregatione di Propaganda Fide 1658
Giovanni Battista Jona, formerly, Judah Jonah of Safed, was a Jewish convert to Christianity who, along with the censor Domenico Gerosolimitano (originally, Rabbi Samuel Vivas of Jerusalem), served as scribe to the Vatican.
