Pirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther]. With an introduction by the editor, Gershon ben Simcha Kitzgin, the author’s disciple.

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 122

GALLICO, ELISHA.

Pirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther]. With an introduction by the editor, Gershon ben Simcha Kitzgin, the author’s disciple.

<<FIRST EDITION. >> Printer’s device on title. Signature on title of Tzvi Hirsch Lehren of Amsterdam (1784-1835), founder of the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society of the Holy Land (see EJ, vol. X col. 1584) ff. 62. Trace stained. Later calf-backed speckled boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 663; Habermann, di Gara 63.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1583

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

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.