Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash]

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 233

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash]

<<ONLY EDITION.>> Two parts in one, divisional title prior to Five Scrolls. Commendatory poem by Isaac Aboab. ff. (2), 53, (1), 26, lower corners of opening two leaves torn with loss of text on second leaf. Modern half-calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 19.

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel 1628

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

Menasseh ben Israel's first published work. The printing was subsidized by Menasseh's friends, Messrs. Ephraim Bueno and Jonah Abarbanel. <<Provenance:>> Kestenbaum Sale 001, Lot 228.