Auction 26 · Lot 34
Commentary to the Pentateuch.
- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000
- Hammer price
- $30,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
IBN EZRA, ABRAHAM.
printer
Joseph ben Jacob Aschkenazi Gunzenhauser & Son
Place
Naples
Publication
1488
Description
FIRST EDITION. First word of each Book floriated.
references
Vinograd, Naples 6; Goff 1; Goldstein 52; Offenberg 56; Steinschneider, p. 680, no. 422, 1; Thes. A60; Wineman Cat. 34. Not in Cambridge University
summary
According to the colophon, the editing was done by “Moses ben Shem Tov of the ibn Chabib Family, citizens of the Holy Congregation of Lisbon, who now reside in this city of Napoli.”
It would be difficult to find a medieval sage as peripatetic as Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164). A native of Tudela, Spain, he lived at different times in North Africa, Italy, France, and England. Despite the maverick nature of his commentary - which does not accept rabbinic tradition uncritically - the author was revered throughout the ages.
ff. 92 (of 98). Leaves laid to size with some loss of text. ff. 7-8, 11-12 shorter. On f.11r. few lines struck by censor. (These lines which occur in the commentary to Genesis 27:40, have not been restored to most modern Rabbinic Bibles to date). Modern diced calf. Folio
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