Michlol Yofi [linguistic commentary to the Bible].

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

IBN MELECH, SOLOMON.

printer

Moses ben Eliezer Parnas HaRofe

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1548-49

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornamental woodcut border. Double columns. Key words provided with nikud (vowel points). Signatures including Yehudah Aryeh Halevi of Bamberg; learned marginalia in a few hands.

references

Vinograd, Const. 199; Yaari, Const. 148.

summary

Michlol Yofi incorporates much of David Kimchi’s Sepher HaShorashim, to the extent of co-opting some of Kimchi’s translations to French (or rather Provencal).

(ff. 192). Discolored, stained in places. Modern morocco, housed in slip-case. Folio.

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