Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash Rabbah]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1628

Description

Only edition. Two parts in one.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 19; Silva Rosa 4; Fuks, Amsterdam 148.

summary

Menasseh ben Israel’s first published work. The printing was subsidized by Menasseh’s friends, Messrs. Ephraim Bueno and Jonah Abarbanel. The work is prefaced by a commendatory poem by Isaac Aboab.

ff.(2), 53, (1), 25. Closely shaved, some staining, lower corners of ff. 3-4 with loss, title loose. Contemporary boards, worn. Sm. 4to.

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