Megillath Koheleth. Commentary by Mendelssohn to the Book of Ecclesiastes

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(MendelsSohn, Moses).

Megillath Koheleth. Commentary by Mendelssohn to the Book of Ecclesiastes

FIRST EDITION ff. 9, 41. Some staining, previous owners' marks. Later boards. 8vo Vinograd, Berlin 271

Berlin: Itzik Speyer 1770

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Mendelssohn's first commentary to the Bible. The celebrated philosopher of the German Enlightenment draws both upon classical commentators in addition to "allowing his own philosophical views to express themselves in a more popular vein." See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn, pp. 242-43