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"A magnificent and fundamentaly pioneering work in Hebrew bibliography. His comments are amazingly eloquent and concise. A fountain for all students." See E. Toaff, Hayyim Joseph David Azulai, in Jung (Ed.) Guardians of Our Heritage (1958) p.161-62