Peirush - Commentarium Hebraicum…in Decem Primos Psalmos Davidicos.

KIMCHI, DAVID

Paulus Fagius

Constantiae [Konstanz]

1544

FIRST EDITION of translation. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Twenty-one historiated initial panels. Scholarly marginalium on final page.

Vinograd, Constanz 3; Mehlman 1877; Haberman, Perakim BeToldoth HaMadpisim Ha’Ivrim, p.166 no. 18

Only three Hebrew books were published in Konstanz, a town on the shores of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg. An expulsion order was issued against the Jews of Konstanz in 1432 though not enforced until 1533. Thereafter, Jews could only enter the town temporarily, although they continued to live in neighboring villages. In the present volume, a Latin translation of Kimchi’s commentary to the first ten chapters of the Book of Psalms, both text and commentary appear in beautifully crafted square letters with vocalization.