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Joseph Albo
Estimate
30,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
Sefer ha-Ikkarim (Book of the Principles of Faith). Soncino: [Joshua Solomon Soncino], 22 Marheshvan–21 Tevet 5246 (31 October to 29 December 1485)
Chancery folio (10 7/8 x 7½ in.; 276 x 191 mm). 105 (of 108) leaves; lacking fols. 56–58 (8/2–4), heavily censored, the final leaf supplied from another copy, the lower margin of fol. 1 substantially renewed without text loss, scattered stains, many leaves with crude repairs to inner and outer margins, scattered stains, a few of which dark brown. Late eighteenth-century half sheep over spattered-paper boards, spine label gilt, edges sprinkled red; label chipped.
Chancery folio (10 7/8 x 7½ in.; 276 x 191 mm). 105 (of 108) leaves; lacking fols. 56–58 (8/2–4), heavily censored, the final leaf supplied from another copy, the lower margin of fol. 1 substantially renewed without text loss, scattered stains, many leaves with crude repairs to inner and outer margins, scattered stains, a few of which dark brown. Late eighteenth-century half sheep over spattered-paper boards, spine label gilt, edges sprinkled red; label chipped.
Provenance
Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, 1742–1831, the first great scholar of Hebrew incunables — Jacob Georg Christian Adler, 1756–1834, Danish orientalist and government official (with a lengthy Latin inscription recording that his esteemed friend De Rossi gave him the book in Parma, 1780, and remarking on the three leaves missing because of the "Roman inquisitors"). This copy was in the Royal Library, Copenhagen (Madsen 2342), then sold by the Royal Library in or shortly after 1950, when it became a duplicate (in fact a triplicate) with the Library's en bloc purchase of Lazarus Goldschmidt's incunables (Madsen 4317).
Condition
Sefer ha-Ikkarim (Book of the Principles of Faith). Soncino: [Joshua Solomon Soncino], 22 Marheshvan–21 Tevet 5246 (31 October to 29 December 1485)
Chancery folio (10 7/8 x 7½ in.; 276 x 191 mm). 105 (of 108) leaves; lacking fols. 56–58 (8/2–4), heavily censored, the final leaf supplied from another copy, the lower margin of fol. 1 substantially renewed without text loss, scattered stains, many leaves with crude repairs to inner and outer margins, scattered stains, a few of which dark brown. Late eighteenth-century half sheep over spattered-paper boards, spine label gilt, edges sprinkled red; label chipped.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Another copy. The missing leaves 56–58 are due to papal censorship, as in most copies (see preceding lot).