Auction 102 Part 1 Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection

Book of Iyov (With Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen) – Constantinople, 1545 – Printed by Eliezer Soncino

Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium

Book of Iyov, with commentary of R. Yitzchak son of R. Shlomo HaKohen. Constantinople: Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino, [1545].

Ownership inscriptions and signatures on title page: "Purchased and granted by G-d to His servant Mordechai HaKohen CB, no. 113; Zedner, p. 135.…", "Yaakov", "Moshe Leon".

[145] leaves. Lacking last leaf with end of index and errata. 20 cm. Varying condition of leaves; first and last leaves in fair condition, most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (dark stains on first leaves). Tears, including open tears to title page and last leaf, affecting title frame and text, repaired with paper strips (over large parts of title page and text). Early leather binding (characteristic of Sephardic lands), with damage.

On title page, signature of censor Antonio Francesco Enriques d'Urbino, dated 1687 (truncated on both sides), and signature of censor Giovanni Domenico Carretto on last leaf.

CB, no. 113; Zedner, p. 135.

Early Printed books
Early Printed books