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Shelfmark

Iaa7.2.58

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Title

The first book printed in Constantinople : an original leaf of Jacob ben Asher's 'Artā'āh Tūrīn', Constantinople 1493 / with an introduction by Alexander Marx.

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Cover title: First book printed in Constantinople : a facsimile of an original leaf of Jacob ben Asher's 'Artā'āh Tūrīn', Constantinople 1493

Publication, distribution, etc.

[Oxford] : privately printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford for E. H. L. Sexton, 1946.

Physical description

1 v. : facsim. ; 34 cm.

Language

Text in English with Hebrew translation at rear of the book.

Note

The work was originally commissioned by Major Eric Sexton and completed by his widow Mrs Beryl Sexton, where the booklet was bound with a facsimile page inserted.

Provenance

Ink stamp of Eton College Library.

Provenance

Eton College Library bookplate.

Provenance

Book label recording the donation to ECL in 1987.

Binding

20th century tan cloth quarter-binding; light blue boards; printed label on upper cover with title and statement of responsibility.

Copy-specific note

Loosely inserted typed letter from Oxford University Press Printing House regarding the donation of the book at the request of the donor.

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Added entry--place

England Oxford.

Language code

eng heb

Identifier

B44298
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