Auction 11
Rare Hebrew Books & Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters and Judaica
By Taj Art
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Dec 24, 2023
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 38:
Book of Iyov With Commentary. Constantinople, 1545. Single and Rare Edition!
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Sold for: $3,200 (₪11,520)
₪11,520
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Book of Iyov With Commentary. Constantinople, 1545. Single and Rare Edition!
Commentary by Rabbi Yitzchak b”r Shlomo HaKohen on the Book of Iyov.
Printed on the last page of this copy: 19 lines of printing errors that were discovered at the conclusion of the printing. (This addition only appears in some copies).
The Soncino Family, a Jewish family, were of the first Hebrew Printers in the 15th and 16th Century. They operated in Italy and the Ottoman Empire. Their press was the first to publish the complete and punctuated Tanach. Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino (deceased 1547) operated the press in the years 1534-1547 in Constantinople.
The title page features ownership listings (unidentified) and gloss.
Constantinople, 1545. Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino Press.
Single edition.
146 leaves. Good condition. Half-leather, new binding.
Found in collection of rare items in the National Library.
Complete and lovely copy of a single and rare edition of a Commentary on Iyov!
