Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash Rabbah]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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author

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1628

Description

Only edition. Two parts in one, divisional title prior to Five Scrolls. Scattered Hebrew marginalia in an old Italian hand

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 19; Silva Rosa 4; Fuks, Amsterdam 148

summary

Menasseh ben Israel’s First Published Work. The printing was subsidized by Menasseh’s friends, Messrs. Ephraim Bueno and Jonah Abarbanel. The work is prefaced by a commendatory poem by Isaac Aboab.

ff.(2), 53, (1), 25. Upper corners of ff. 11-2 torn with no loss of text, light stains. Contemporary boards. 4to

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