Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Sefer Yuchasin – Cracow, 1580-1581
Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Yuchasin, history from Adam and the chain of transmission of the Torah, by R. Avraham Zacuto, with additions: Epistle of R. Sherira Gaon; fourth discourse of Yesod Olam by R. Yitzchak Yisraeli; glosses of R. Moshe Isserles [the Rama]; Seder Olam Zuta. Cracow: [Yitzchak son of Aharon of Prostitz], 1580-1581.
Second edition, expanded. Most later editions follow the present one.
Page 7b blank, as recorded in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Handwritten corrections and short glosses on several leaves, some trimmed.
116, 121-168 leaves. Lacking 4 leaves: 117-120. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness. Worming, affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves. Close trimming, affecting headers in several places. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
CB, no. 4303, 3; Zedner, p. 27; Roest, p. 40.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries