Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

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

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

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DI UCEDA, SAMUEL

Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

FIRST EDITION. ff. 265. Initial 23 leaves remargined and supplied from another copy, trace worming repaired, previous owners' marks, small hole on title. Modern boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 637; Mehlman 126

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $600 - $900

Classical compilation of early commentaries to the Ethics of the Fathers. Di Uceda quotes many of the early Spanish scholars as well as his 16th-century contemporaries.