Eynei Avraham [index of Midrashic commentaries on the Bible]

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 77

FONSECA, ABRAHAM DE

Eynei Avraham [index of Midrashic commentaries on the Bible]

FIRST EDITION. Five parts in one. Title within decorative woodcut border. Four divisional titles ff. 153, (4). Title and ff. 2-24 repaired with some loss of text. Owner's signature on title. Calf-backed marbled boards. Spine distressed. 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 16; Fuks, Amsterdam 194

Amsterdam: Daniel de Fonseca 1627-8

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

De Fonseca's Hebrew press at Amsterdam was operative for only one year, during which time he printed only two Hebrew books. It remains unclear why de Fonseca engaged in Hebrew printing at all, particularly in light of his colleague, Menasseh ben Israel’s far more successful enterprise. See L. Fuks, Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands 1585-1815, Part I (1984) pp.135-9