Megaleh Sod [supercommentary to Abraham ibn Ezra’s commentary to Five Scrolls].

Estimate

$120–$180

Hammer price

$175

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

author

GUMPERTZ, AARON EMRICH

printer

Benjamin Rotenberg

Place

Vilna

Publication

1836

Description

Second Edition. Printed in double columns

references

Vinograd, Vilna 353

summary

First printed in Hamburg in 1765, this Vilna edition of Megaleh Sod bears the formal Haskamah [encomium] of R. Abraham Abele Posveller, Chief Justice of Vilna. The Author, Aaron Gumpertz (1723-69) was the scion of one of the wealthiest Jewish families in all Germany. Moses Mendelssohn was an admirer of Gumpertz and wholeheartedly recommended his Ma’amar ha-Mada. See Sh.Feiner, The Jewish Enlightenment (2004) pp.42-43. Appended to the work, is the supplement on the importance of secular studies

ff. (2), 31. On title, Russian Imperial stamp. Lightly foxed. Contemporary marbled boards. 4to

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