Koheleth David - Collectio Davidis. Prepared by Isaac Metz and Eleazar Emden.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(OPPENHEIM, DAVID).

Koheleth David - Collectio Davidis. Prepared by Isaac Metz and Eleazar Emden.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. pp. xvi, 742, (2). Few light stains. Later boards, backstrip detached. Thick 8vo. Vinograd, Altona 228; Shunami, Bibliography no. 351.

Hamburg [Altona]: S. & Y. Bonn 1826

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

Catalogue of the celebrated Chief Rabbi David Oppenheim Collection of Prague. Eventually purchased by the Bodleian Library, Oxford in 1829, it has remained singularly celebrated ever since. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography (1977) pp. 38-44. Also see Joshua Teplitsky, Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library (2019).