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Auction archive: Lot number 131

SEFER HA-MITSVOT (BOOK OF THE COMMANDMENTS), RABBI MOSES MAIMONIDES, [...

Important Judaica
20 Dec 2017
Estimate
US$25,000 - US$35,000
Price realised:
US$40,000
Auction archive: Lot number 131

SEFER HA-MITSVOT (BOOK OF THE COMMANDMENTS), RABBI MOSES MAIMONIDES, [...

Important Judaica
20 Dec 2017
Estimate
US$25,000 - US$35,000
Price realised:
US$40,000
Beschreibung:

68 folios (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 190 x 130 mm) on paper; modern foliation in pencil in Arabic numerals in upper-outer corner of recto; marginalia (including periodic notation of the start of a new mitsvah) and corrections in pencil intermittently throughout; pen trials on f. 68r-v. Woodcut initial; enlarged incipits; justification of lines via use of anticipatory letters. Slight scattered staining; intermittent repairs in gutter; lower margin of f. 1 repaired; minor worming in outer margins of ff. 2-3; outer edges of ff. 8, 61 reinforced; small repairs in outer margin of f. 29 and in upper margin of f. 44; small tears in outer edges of ff. 39, 48-49, in gutter of f. 44, and in lower edge of f. 67; light dampstaining at foot of ff. 55-59; lower corners and gutter of f. 68 repaired. Modern morocco binding; spine in four compartments with raised bands; gilt title, place of publication, and date on spine; modern flyleaves and pastedowns.

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
20 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

68 folios (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 190 x 130 mm) on paper; modern foliation in pencil in Arabic numerals in upper-outer corner of recto; marginalia (including periodic notation of the start of a new mitsvah) and corrections in pencil intermittently throughout; pen trials on f. 68r-v. Woodcut initial; enlarged incipits; justification of lines via use of anticipatory letters. Slight scattered staining; intermittent repairs in gutter; lower margin of f. 1 repaired; minor worming in outer margins of ff. 2-3; outer edges of ff. 8, 61 reinforced; small repairs in outer margin of f. 29 and in upper margin of f. 44; small tears in outer edges of ff. 39, 48-49, in gutter of f. 44, and in lower edge of f. 67; light dampstaining at foot of ff. 55-59; lower corners and gutter of f. 68 repaired. Modern morocco binding; spine in four compartments with raised bands; gilt title, place of publication, and date on spine; modern flyleaves and pastedowns.

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
20 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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