Peirush le-Midrash Chamesh Megiloth Raba. * Peirush le-Midrash ha-Raboth me-ha-Torah

AUCTION 29 | Monday, June 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Superior Hebrew Printed Books: Singular Selections from Two Distingushed Private Collections with American-Judaica.

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Lot 53

NAPHTALI HERTZ BEN MENACHEM OF LEMBERG

Peirush le-Midrash Chamesh Megiloth Raba. * Peirush le-Midrash ha-Raboth me-ha-Torah

Two volumes. FIRST EDITIONS. Elaborate printer’s device Vol. I: ff. 35. Vol. II: ff. 36. Owners’ marks, some staining and slight marginal repair. Recent vellum-backed boards. 4to Vinograd Cracow 25, 26; Mehlman 894, 895

Cracow : Yitzchak b. Aaron of Prostitz 1569

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,400

Early commentary to the Midrash. The author states his works are intentionally written in an easily understood and succinct manner to allow for the broadest audience of readers. He alludes to another, similar work (no doubt, Ohr ha-Sechel, 1567), which in his opinion was too lengthy and obtuse