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’Ivri’im, p. 166 no. 18.

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. One of only three Hebrew books that were published in Konstanz, a town located on the shores of Lake Constance in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. An expulsion order was issued against the Jews of Konstanz in 1432 although not enforced until 1533. Thereafter, Jews were only permitted to enter the town temporarily, although they continued to live in neighboring villages.