Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With the "Shimush Tehillim" guide for utilizing the chapters of Tehillim for various purposes

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Tobias Foa

Sabbioneta

1555

FIRST EDITION of SHIMUSH TEHILLIM with the text

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 38; Mehlman 71; St. Cat. Bodl. no. 143 and 4066; Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher P. 362, Foa no.18 (Schocken copy)

A MINIATURE TEHILLIM OF THE UTMOST RARITY. A COMPLETE COPY. ONLY OTHER COMPLETE COPies Are IN the LAURENTIAN LIBRARY, FLORENCE and the Valmadonna Library in London. The JNUL - Mehlman copy IS INCOMPLETE LACKING THE TITLE, COLOPHON LEAF AND ANOTHER LEAF. THE SCHOCKEN CoPY, AS DESCRIBED by YAARI, IS ALSO INCOMPLETE, CONTAINING oNLY 89 LEAVES AND APPARENTLY LACKING FINAL 23 LEAVES OF SHIMUSH TEHILLIM. According TO STEINSCHNEIDER (NO. 4066), ThIS Tehillim contains THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SHIMUSH TEHILLIM published together with the text