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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:
Manuscripts: Lots 1-21
Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21
Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77
Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.
Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)
Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)
Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169
Graphic Art: Lots 188-209.
Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)
Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226
Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.
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LOT 127:
FRANCHI, GUGLIELMO
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Sold for: $200
Estimated price :
$
400 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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FRANCHI, GUGLIELMO
Shemesh Lashon HaKodesh - Sole della Lingua Santa.
Second edition. With folding grammatical chart.
pp. 415. Trimmed, lightly stained and foxed. Later full vellum. Sm. 4to.
Bergamo: Comino Ventura 1599
Guglielmo Franchi (1563-1598) was born a Jew in Rome and later converted to Christianity. He joined the Vallombrosian Order and taught Hebrew in Florence. His work was the first Hebrew grammar in Italian.
