Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Aruch – Basel, 1599
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Aruch, Talmudic lexicon arranged alphabetically, by R. Natan of Rome. Basel: Konrad Waldkirch, 1599.
Deleted ownership inscription on title page, and inscriptions on back endpapers: "…Belongs to the famed official R. Meir".
Latin glosses on many margins.
166 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, wear and creases. Tears and open tears, affecting text of title page (on book name) and several other leaves. Worming, affecting text. Inner margins of all leaves trimmed next to spine, filled with paper strips. New binding.
CB, no. 6632, 5.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries