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Auction 9 · Lot 341

Mekor Chaim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch]

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$700

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

author

ZARZA, SAMUEL

printer

Meir b. Ephraim of Padua & Jakob b. Naphtali Hakohen of Gazolo

Place

Mantua

Publication

1559

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Mantua 63 (noting the existence of typographic variances); Adams S-241

summary

14th-century Spanish philosopher resident of Valencia, recounts in the introduction of the present work the suffering of the Jews of Castille as a result of the civil-war between Dom Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and his brother Henry the Navigator. In Toledo alone 10,000 Jews are said to have lost their lives
ff. 130. Stained in places, scattered marginal worming. Signed at end by censors. Modern half- calf.Sm. folio
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