(RaDa”K). Commentarium Hebraicum Rabbi David Kimchi in decern primos Psalmos Davidicos… [commentary to Psalms 1-10]

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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KIMCHI, DAVID BEN JOSEPH

(RaDa”K). Commentarium Hebraicum Rabbi David Kimchi in decern primos Psalmos Davidicos… [commentary to Psalms 1-10]

Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Translated into Latin by the printer. pp. 65,(1). Light stains in places, generaly, a clean copy. Later vellum boards. Sm. folio Vinograd, Constance 3; Mehlman 1877; not in Adams

Constance: Paulus Fagius 1544

Est: $7,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

One of only three Hebrew books printed in the German city of Constance. An expulsion order was issued against the Jews of Constance in 1432 though not enforced until 1533. Thereafter, Jews could only enter the town temporarily, although they continued to live in neighboring villages.