Kether Shem Tov [commentary to the Chumash].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

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MELAMED, SHEM TOV.

Kether Shem Tov [commentary to the Chumash].

<<First Edition.>> Title with elaborate ornamental woodcut border. ff. 136, 16. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 822.

Venice: Matteo Zannetti 1596

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $550

The Author was a preacher in the Morea (mainland Greece) in the communities of Lepanto and Patras. The introduction was written by his disciple Shalom Sagalmasi of Lepanto. The final two leaves contain an index of the author's comments on statements by Rashi, Nachmanides, R. Yitzchak Arama, Abrabanel, et al.