Midrash Chamesh Megiloth Rabbati [Midrash on the Five Scrolls]. With commentary entitled Matnoth Kehunah by Issachar Baer ben Naphtali Katz of Szczebrzesyn (Shebreshin).

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $650

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author

(MIDRASH).

printer

Isaac Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

1588

Description

First edition. Title set within architectural arch. Autograph signature on title of Haham Moses Gaster (1856-1939). Occasional marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Cracow 111.

ff. 129 (of 130) final leaf supplied in facsimile. Stained in places, trimmed, ff. 3-4, remargined. Bound in Valmadonna custom morocco-backed marbled boards. Folio.

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