Yefeh Anaf [commentary to Midrash Rabah of Megilath Ruth, Esther and Eichah]

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

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JAFFE, SAMUEL BEN ISAAC ASCHKENAZI.

Yefeh Anaf [commentary to Midrash Rabah of Megilath Ruth, Esther and Eichah]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Elaborately historiated title-page featuring Biblical vignettes. A wide margined copy. Front and rear pastedowns with a inscriptions in French and Hebrew by a former Prague owner. ff. (3), 29, 31, 52 (i.e. 54, mispaginated in places). Browned, few light stains. Contemporary vellum with clasps and hinges, worn. Folio. Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Oder 82 (without pagination).

Frankfurt a/Oder: Michel Gottschlak 1696

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $800

R. Samuel Jaffe-Aschkenazi (d. late 16th century), was spiritual leader of the Aschkenazi community of Constantinople. He is celebrated for his many comprehensive commentaries to Midrash Rabah and similar texts, including Yefeh To’ar, Yefeh Mareh and Yefeh Einayim. See EJ, Vol. IX, col. 1266. Interesting introduction by the editor R. Shimon b. Yaakov, emissary from Safed, relating his trials and tribulations as he traveled through Europe. See Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael pp. 418-20 and 351-52.