Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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ALKABETZ, SOLOMON HALEVI.

Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

FIRST EDITION. On title and final page, Hebrew and German stamps of S. Zukerman, Mohilev. ff. 96. Lightly stained and trace wormed, ff. 33-36 bound out of sequence. Modern calf gilt. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Const. 221;Yaari, Const. 163; Adams B-1327

Constantinople: Solomon ibn Usque 1561

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

THE SHEMARYAH ZUKERMAN COPY. The bibliophile Shemaryah Zukerman was married to the grandaughter of Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna and thus, inherited many of the manuscripts of the Gaon.