Bible in Hebrew

Sefer Mishle (Proverbs), with commentary of Immanuel of Rome; edited or corrected by Hayim ben Isaac Halevi Ashkenazi. [Naples: Joseph ben Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser, between 28 March and 26 September 1487]



Chancery folio (8 7/8 x 7 in.; 225 x 180 mm). Complete, but sheet 7/4.5 misbound, 5 before 4; scattered stains and cut down, but all headlines preserved. Early nineteenth-century marbled boards, sheep spine, blue paper endleaves; edges stained brown; binding worn.

Berlin, Royal Library (stamp and duplicate stamp) — Moshe Bidemann (?; flyleaf inscription in Hebrew and reference to "Rosenthal Anhang 2443")

Sefer Mishle (Proverbs), with commentary of Immanuel of Rome; edited or corrected by Hayim ben Isaac Halevi Ashkenazi. [Naples: Joseph ben Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser, between 28 March and 26 September 1487] Chancery folio (8 7/8 x 7 in.; 225 x 180 mm). Complete, but sheet 7/4.5 misbound, 5 before 4; scattered stains and cut down, but all headlines preserved. Early nineteenth-century marbled boards, sheep spine, blue paper endleaves; edges stained brown; binding worn.
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