Maroth Hatzovoth commentary to Former & Later Prophets]

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ALSHEICH, MOSES

Maroth Hatzovoth commentary to Former & Later Prophets]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. ff. 68, 62, 67, 144. Stained with some worming, tape repair to few leaves. Later boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 965; Habermann, di Gara 222

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1603-07

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Moses Alsheich (d. after 1593), a native of Adrianople, Turkey, settled in Safed, where he was was ordained by R. Joseph Karo (upon whom had been conferred the reintroduced Semicha of R. Jacob Berab). R. Alsheich’s commentaries to the Bible were greatly esteemed, a result of which, he was referred to as "Alsheich HaKadosh" (the Holy Alsheich). See EJ, Vol. II cols. 757-8.