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Makre Dardeke
Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
(Primary Teacher: Hebrew-Italian-Arabic Dictionary). [Naples: Joseph ben Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser], 1 Elul 5248 ( 8 August 1488)
Chancery folio (9 5/8 x 7¼ in.; 245 x 185 mm). Types 6:90 (sc.), 2:120 (sq.), 5:246 (sq.). Double column, 45 lines. Woodcut passepartout (Thes A61.2). collation: 1–98 106: 78 leaves, 1r blank; fol. 1 bound reversed, sheet 4.5 of quire 8 bound reversed (5 before 4); most leaves carefully remargined, other similar wormhole repairs, and resized. Twentieth-century calf, edges sprinkled green.
Chancery folio (9 5/8 x 7¼ in.; 245 x 185 mm). Types 6:90 (sc.), 2:120 (sq.), 5:246 (sq.). Double column, 45 lines. Woodcut passepartout (Thes A61.2). collation: 1–98 106: 78 leaves, 1r blank; fol. 1 bound reversed, sheet 4.5 of quire 8 bound reversed (5 before 4); most leaves carefully remargined, other similar wormhole repairs, and resized. Twentieth-century calf, edges sprinkled green.
Literature
Offenberg 91; Goff Heb-81; Hain 11152; Steinschneider 3953; Thes A61; Iakerson 48; BMC XIII 54 (C.50.d.20). See Shimeon Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons (Cincinnati, 1987), p. 40.
Condition
(Primary Teacher: Hebrew-Italian-Arabic Dictionary). [Naples: Joseph ben Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser], 1 Elul 5248 ( 8 August 1488)
Chancery folio (9 5/8 x 7¼ in.; 245 x 185 mm). Types 6:90 (sc.), 2:120 (sq.), 5:246 (sq.). Double column, 45 lines. Woodcut passepartout (Thes A61.2). collation: 1–98 106: 78 leaves, 1r blank; fol. 1 bound reversed, sheet 4.5 of quire 8 bound reversed (5 before 4); most leaves carefully remargined, other similar wormhole repairs, and resized. Twentieth-century calf, edges sprinkled green.
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.
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
First edition, rare: the only American copies are at Jewish Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. The Hebrew roots are printed in type 2 at the right margin of each page. The text proper begins by giving the equivalent words in Italian and Arabic, and the Hebrew sources (mostly the Bible and Talmud) are printed flush at the left margin, creating almost a third column. An acrostic poem in the prefatory matter contains a name that can be read either as Jehiel or as Yahja: perhaps the author, reviser, or editor. One manuscript version names as author Perez Trabot, who flourished in the late fourteenth century; other manuscripts are known in which the vernacular words are not Italian, but rather Spanish or German.