Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Rav Peninim (Alshich's Commentary on Mishlei) – Venice, 1601 – First Edition
Opening: $600
Estimate: $700 - $900
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Rav Peninim, the Book of Mishlei with commentary by R. Moshe Alshich. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, 1601. First edition.
Ownership inscriptions on title page: "Gershon son of R. Yitzchak Lemburg"; "This book passed down to me by inheritance from my pious father, so says Binyamin Moshe son of R. Binyamin Eliyahu Elsuss [=Alsace]" (his signature also on p. 2a).
191, [1] leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal open tear to title page, and small tears to several other leaves. New binding.
Early Printed Books – Italy
Early Printed Books – Italy