Editor). Margalioth Tovah [super-commentaries to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch: Ohel Yoseph, Mekor Chaim and Megilath Setarim]

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

ASCHKENAZI, YEKUTHIEL.

printer

Isaac de Corova

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1722

Description

FIRST EDITION. With astronomical plate at end (usually lacking). A wide-margined copy.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1192.

summary

A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY. The editor states he gave this work the title Margalioth Tovah based upon the Midrash suggesting that an exquisite pearl hung from the neck of the Biblical Abraham. He compares Abraham ibn Ezra ‘in spirit’ to the Abraham of the Bible.

ff. (4), 156, (1). Ex-library, lightly browned. Original calf over thick wooden boards, two hinges, lacking clasps, rubbed, expertly rebacked. Tall folio.

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