Shelfmark
Iaa7.2.58
Author
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.
Varying form of title
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.
Added entry--name
Marx, Alexander, 1878 - 1953 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Oxford University Press printer.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
eng heb
Identifier
B44298