Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. With commentary “Neveh Tehillah” by JACOB BEN JOSEPH HA’ROPhÉ

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. With commentary “Neveh Tehillah” by JACOB BEN JOSEPH HA’ROPhÉ

FIRST EDITION of commentary. Marginalia in Sephardic hand on ff.26v.-27r. ff. (4), 166, (2). (Mispagination; two ff. “64.”) Some stains and tears repaired, ex-library. Modern boards. Sm. 8vo Vinograd, Jerusalem 48; Halevy 32

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1845

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

THE FIRST PSALTER PRINTED IN JERUSALEM. Encomia of the Rishon le-Zion (Sephardic Chief Rabbi) Chayim Gaguine and of R. Jacob Anteby, Chief Rabbi of Damascus. The commentary contains novellae of many of the contemporary Sephardic scholars, including on ff. 145v.-146v. a kabbalistic remark of R. Jacob Anteby