Auction 102 Part 1 Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Nekudot HaKesef (Rabbi Avraham Laniado) – Venice, 1619 – First Edition
Nekudot HaKesef, commentary on Shir HaShirim by R. Avraham Laniado, with Biblical text and commentary of Rashi, Targum and Ladino translation ("Laaz"). Venice: Giovanni Cajon for Pietro and Lorenzo Bragadin, 1619. First edition.
Most of the book is printed in facing pages of Hebrew and of translations (one column in Aramaic and one in Ladino). The translations conclude on leaf 47, after which only the Hebrew text is printed.
10, 12-70 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains to first leaves and dark stain on title page. Worming, slightly affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, bordering text, repaired with paper. Close trimming, affecting headers of leaves, and slightly affecting title frame. Last leaf reinforced by mounting on paper leaf (reused leaf with handwritten inscriptions). New binding.
Does not contain leaf 11, which is lacking in most copies (some copies also lack leaf 10, which is extant in the present copy).
CB, no. 426; Zedner, p. 139; Roest, p. 213.
