Eynei Avraham [index of Midrashic commentaries on the Bible]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $500

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

author

FONSECA, ABRAHAM DE

printer

Daniel de Fonseca

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1627-8

Description

FIRST EDITION. Five parts in one. Title within decorative woodcut border. Four divisional titles

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 16; Fuks, Amsterdam 194

summary

De Fonseca's Hebrew press at Amsterdam was operative for only one year, during which time he printed only two Hebrew books. It remains unclear why de Fonseca engaged in Hebrew printing at all, particularly in light of his colleague, Menasseh ben Israel’s far more successful enterprise. See L. Fuks, Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands 1585-1815, Part I (1984) pp.135-9

ff. 153, (4). Title and ff. 2-24 repaired with some loss of text. Owner's signature on title. Calf-backed marbled boards. Spine distressed. 8vo

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