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Auction 46 · Lot 97

Midrash Shmuel [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

DI UCEDA, SAMUEL

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1579

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Venice 637; Mehlman 126

summary

Classical compilation of early commentaries to the Ethics of the Fathers. Di Uceda quotes many of the early Spanish scholars as well as his 16th-century contemporaries.
ff. 265. Initial 23 leaves remargined and supplied from another copy, trace worming repaired, previous owners' marks, small hole on title. Modern boards. 4to
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