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Auction 102 Part 1 Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Sefer Michlol – Venice, 1545 – Printed by Bomberg – Small-Format Edition – Notable Signature
Opening: $700
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Michlol, grammar of the Holy Tongue, by R. David Kimchi – the Radak, annotated by R. Eliyahu Ashkenazi [Bachur]. Venice: Cornelio Adelkind by Daniel Bomberg, 1545.
Small format. A large format edition was printed concurrently.
Signature on title page: "Joannes Dee 1565" – signature of English mathematician, astronomer and astrologer John Dee (1527-1608), who also studied alchemy and magic. Dee served as astronomer and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, and his was one of the largest private libraries in England at the time.
239, 238-268, [1] leaves. 15 cm. Decorated and colored edges. Good condition. Stains. Parchment binding with gilt decorations.
CB, no. 4821,41; Zedner, p. 199; Roest p. 297.
Early Printed books
Early Printed books