Chavatzeleth Hasharon [commentary to Book of Daniel, with text]

Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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

author

ALSHEICH, MOSES.

printer

n.p

Place

Safed/Constantinople?

Publication

1563

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Const. 223; Yaari, Const. 165; Adams B-1600

summary

Highly Uncommon. Steinschneider (Cat. Bodl. no.180) lists the book as printed in Safed. Wiener (no.3727), Roest (p.221) and Zedner (p.147) all follow a similar logic. Thus assuming it to be the earliest Safed imprint, and indeed the earliest Hebrew book printed in Asia. The Chavatzeleth Hasharon was the first book published by Moses Alsheich, a significant personality among the illustrious denizens of 16th-century Safed.

ff.(116). Title laid to size, final leaf laid down, stained in places, few paper repairs. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm.4to

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