Pirush Chamesh Megilloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls, Psalms, Proverbs, Job and Daniel]

AUCTION 5 | Tuesday, June 23rd, 1998 at 1:00

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YACHYAH, JOSEPH BEN DAVID IBN.

Pirush Chamesh Megilloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls, Psalms, Proverbs, Job and Daniel]

FIRST EDITION ff.40,121 (i.e.122). f.3:1 with small tear. Despite some light staining a very good copy. Later calf-backed boards. Folio Vinograd, Bologna 11; Adams J-337

Bologna: The Company of Jewish Silk Weavers 1538

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

A Particularly Fine Wide-Margined Copy. Contains fascinating conjecture concerning the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel by the year 5700 (i.e. 1940) (viz. Book of Daniel, f.110r)