Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu – Paris, 1544 – Original Leather Binding
Opening: $180
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu, with vowels and cantillation. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1544. Two books in one volume.
Verse numbers added by hand.
Decorated original leather binding, with inscription of date: "M. D. LI." (1551).
Yeshayahu: [123] leaves. Yirmiyahu: [168] leaves. [1] blank leaf bound between books. 11 cm. Varying condition. Yeshayahu in good-fair condition; Yirmiyahu in fair condition. Stains. Small marginal tears and open tears to several leaves (including to title page of Yirmiyahu). Many creases (mainly to Yirmiyahu). Inscriptions. Early leather binding, with defects.
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