Lot 73
  • 73

An Italian silver book binding, circa 1900

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • apparently unmarked
  • silver, paper
  • length 7 5/8 in.
  • 19.3 cm
embossed with scrollwork and flowering plants on matted ground and engraved on both sides in oval cartouches with Hebrew inscription, the spine also with Hebrew inscription, fitted with Sefer Hadrat Zekenim, printed by Solomon Belforte, Livorno, 1881

Condition

binding good, the book with torn front page
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Catalogue Note

The inscriptions read "Isaac Moses Finzi" and the Hebrew date for 1907.