Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash Rabbah]

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 234

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL

Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash Rabbah]

Only edition. Two parts in one. ff.(2), 53, (1), 25. Closely shaved, some staining, lower corners of ff. 3-4 with loss, title loose. Contemporary boards, worn. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 19; Silva Rosa 4; Fuks, Amsterdam 148.

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel 1628

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

Menasseh ben Israel’s first published work. The printing was subsidized by Menasseh’s friends, Messrs. Ephraim Bueno and Jonah Abarbanel. The work is prefaced by a commendatory poem by Isaac Aboab.