Megillath Koheleth. Commentary by Mendelssohn to the Book of Ecclesiastes

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Hammer price: $500

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author

(MendelsSohn, Moses).

printer

Itzik Speyer

Place

Berlin

Publication

1770

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Berlin 271

summary

Mendelssohn's first commentary to the Bible. The celebrated philosopher of the German Enlightenment draws both upon classical commentators in addition to "allowing his own philosophical views to express themselves in a more popular vein." See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn, pp. 242-43

ff. 9, 41. Some staining, previous owners' marks. Later boards. 8vo

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