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Scepher Aemunot sive liber De Capitibus Fidei auctore Celebri R. Schehadiah; principe olim Judaeorum in Persia
by Saadiah Gaon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Iosephum Ben Israel, 1647. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Fair Condition. Contemporary vellum, soiled and worn, chipping to title and other page edges, corners creased, a few small paper repairs, one page with the corner torn off with loss of a little text, browning to edges and margins, old stamps to Latin and Hebrew titles and final verso. 53 leaves. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 045259.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045259
- Title
- Scepher Aemunot sive liber De Capitibus Fidei auctore Celebri R. Schehadiah; principe olim Judaeorum in Persia
- Author
- Saadiah Gaon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Vellum)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Iosephum Ben Israel
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1647
- Keywords
- Religion & Theology; NOISBN
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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