Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS). With the commentary of DAVID BEN JOSEPH KIMCHI (RaDa"K)

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS). With the commentary of DAVID BEN JOSEPH KIMCHI (RaDa"K)

Title within distinctive Renaissance ornament: four piece white-on-black woodcut border. Letters of initial words within white-on-black decorative vignettes. ff. (242). Several leaves laid to size. f.5 repaired with loss of a few words of text. Some small portions censored. Generally, a clean copy with spacious margins. Modern vellum binding. Folio Vinograd, Pesaro 11; Adams B-1280

Pesaro: Sons of Gershom Soncino 1515-16

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,500

Complete Copy of Rare Pesaro Imprint of R. David Kimchi's Commentary. No doubt the leading exegete of the prodigious Kimchi Family, David Kimchi wrote on all the Prophetic Books as well as Psalms, Chronicles and Genesis. His method follows that of the "peshat" (the simple sense), yet often utilizes "derash" (homiletics), employing aggadic interpretations. As an adherent of Maimonides’ philosophical views, David Kimchi occasionally introduces rationalist notions into his commentaries. See M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. I, pp. 199-200. According to the renowned bookseller Rabbi David Frankel, most Pesaro hebrew imprints are even scarcer than incunabula.