Yosef Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text].

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 38

ASCHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIJAH HAROFÈ

Yosef Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text].

<<FIRST EDITION. >> Title within historiated woodcut architectural arch. Wide margins ff. 83. Ex-library, stained, marginal repair to title, stamps removed on opening and closing leaves. Later marbled boards, distressed. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cremona 47; Benayahu, Cremona 44.

Cremona: Christopher Draconi 1576

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

Eliezer Aschkenazi held influential positions in widely scattered Jewish communites from Egypt, Cyprus and Italy to the major 16th-century centers in Poland, where he died. His Biblical exegesis is permeated with the contemporary rationalistic spirit of rabbinical scholarship.