Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 91

DI UCEDA, SAMUEL

Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

FIRST EDITION ff. 265. Small tear on upper corner of final leaf not affecting text. Some marginal corrections in various hands. Calf-backed marbled boards, covers detached. 4to Vinograd 637, Ginzei Yisrael 126

Venice: Di Gara 1579

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $850

This standard work is the classical compilation of early commentaries to the Ethics of the Fathers. Di Uceda quotes some of the early Spanish scholars as well as his contemporaries