Biur Sepher Koheleth [commentary to Book of Ecclesiastes]

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

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Lot 103

GALLICO, ELISHA

Biur Sepher Koheleth [commentary to Book of Ecclesiastes]

FIRST EDITION. ff.3,(9),143,(1). Previous marks, some staining. Contemporary boards, gutter split, rubbed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 627; Habermann, di Gara 45

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1578

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

The author was a 16th-century member of an ancient Italian-Jewish family of French origin. He was a disciple of Joseph Karo and his own most celebrated disciple was Samuel Uceda, author of Midrash Shmuel.