Auction 140 Part 1 Early Prints, Chassidut, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters, Chabad
By Winner'S
Feb 21, 2023
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
Early Prints, Chassidut, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters, Chabad
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LOT 13:

Two Rare Antique Sefarim. Riva di Trento, 1559. Magnificent Binding

Sold for: $2,200
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$ 2,000
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Auction took place on Feb 21, 2023 at Winner'S
tags: Books

Two Rare Antique Sefarim. Riva di Trento, 1559. Magnificent Binding


* Kol Melechet Higayon L'Aristotlo Kitzuro shel HaPhilosoph HaGadol ibn Rushd. Riva di Trento, 1559. First edition.

Aristotle's work on logic, the abbreviated version by the famous medieval Arab philosopher Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd, translated into Hebrew by Rabbi Ya'akov ben Machir in 1289, and printed here for the first time.

Dr. Ya'akov Markriah's, the proofreader's, foreword appears on the back of the title page.

Ginzei Yisrael - Osef Mehlman 1358.

Very rare book.

68 leaf. 15 cm. Very fine condition. The title page is shorter than the other leaves in the sefer.


* Kitzurei Ibn Rashd al Shema Tiv'i by Aristotllus. Riva di Trento, 1559. Only edition.


Essays on philosophy. The book was written in Greek and abbreviated in Arabic by the famous medieval Arab philosopher Abu Al - Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd, translated into Hebrew by Rabbi Moshe Ibn Tibbon in 1240, and printed here for the first time.

This is Ibn Rashd's first book printed in full in Hebrew. (Only some of his books were printed in Sha'ar Shamayim by Gershon Ben Shlomo, Venice, 1547),

With a foreword by Dr. Ya'akov Markriah. Very rare book.

Ginzei Yisrael - Osef Mehlman 1359.

47 leaf. 15 cm. Very fine condition.

The two books are bound in an antique leather binding with ex-libris book plates and with antique inscriptions.