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LOT 21:
Sefer Dikduk. Ortona. Gershom Soncino Press, 1519
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Sold for: $3,500 (₪13,300)
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
4,340 (₪16,492)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
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3,500
Estimated price :
$5,000 - $6,000
Buyer's Premium: 24%
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Sefer Dikduk. Ortona. Gershom Soncino Press, 1519
Sefer Dikduk on grammar by R' Moshe Kimchi with an elucidation by Eliyahu Bachur. Ortona, Gershom Soncino Press, 1519. Incomplete copy.
The main text of the work is in vowelized letters, with the elucidation alongside in Rash"i script.
This is the only Jewish book printed in Ortona, Italy.
One of the earliest books printed by the famous Soncino family printers. Gershom Soncino, one of the leading Hebrew printers in Italy, traveled with his family and his printing tools to various cities around Italy. Each place he resided, beginning in Soncino, he printed Hebrew books (the family takes its name from this location).
Especially rare sefer. To the best of our knowledge, a complete copy has never been sold at auction.
Two comments in Ashkenazic script.
Vinograd, Ortona 1.
[31] leaf. Lacking 4 leaves [26-27, 34-35]. Approximately 20 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Light blemish on leaf 12 with damage to a few words. Magnificent new binding.
