Tiph’ereth Yisrael / Megilath Sepher / Ma’amar Se’udath Mitzvah

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 101

DURAN, SOLOMON.

Tiph’ereth Yisrael / Megilath Sepher / Ma’amar Se’udath Mitzvah

FIRST EDITION. Title and first word of text within highly wrought typographical border ff. 210 (i.e. 212). Mispaginated but complete. Few tears to inner margin, trimmed and lightly stained. Later half-vellum, rubbed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 768; Adams S-1419

Venice: Daniel Zanetti (c.1596)

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

Rabbi Solomon Duran of Algiers (d. 1593) was a descendant of R. Simon ben Tzemach Duran (Tashbe”tz) and his son R. Solomon ben Simon Duran (Rashba”sh). See JE, Vol. V, p.18 (includes Duran Family Tree).. The present work revolves around the Scroll of Esther and the Feast of Purim. In Megilath Sepher, Duran delves into the halachic problematic of Esther’s betrothal to King Ahasuerus, while she was at the same time married to her uncle Mordechai (ff. 106, 122)