Toldoth Yitzchak [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KARO, ISAAC BEN JOSEPH.

printer

Solomon ibn Mazal-Tov

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1518

Description

FIRST EDITION. The Solomon Schechter copy. Title within ornate border (portion only present). Text printed in two columns in rabbinic type, headings in square type

references

Vinograd, Const. 98; Yaari, Const. 59, Mehlman 680; not in Adams

summary

“A concisely written commentary on the Pentateuch, which included literal, homiletical, Kabbalistic and philosophical interpretations. (Karo’s) book reveals him as a man of very wide culture. Its extreme popularity is evidenced by the fact that four editions were published in the short period of (44) years.” EJ, V col. 193

ff. 100 (of 102). Lacking final blank and f.11:1, opening leaf laid to size with radical loss, few margins frayed, occasional foxing and staining, not affecting text in all cases. Old sheep, rebacked, heavily worn. Sm. folio

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