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Auction 33 · Lot 5

Einei Moshe [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$450

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

author

ALSHEICH, MOSES

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1601

Description

FIRST EDITION. The Mayer Sulzberger copy. Title within architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Venice 934; Habermann, di Gara 208

summary

R. Moses Alsheich (d. after 1593), one of the great luminaries of Safed, merited the special appellation reserved for few: “Ha-Kadosh”
ff. 46, (1). Title laid down with loss to upper portion of border, stained and soiled. Recent cloth-backed boards. 8vo
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