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Be'er Basadeh [super-commentary to Rashi and Mizrachi on the Torah]

Auction 28 · Lot 118

Be'er Basadeh [super-commentary to Rashi and Mizrachi on the Torah]

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$950

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

DANON, MEIR BENJAMIN MENACHEM

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I. Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1846

Description

FIRST EDITION. With lengthy inscription in Hebrew and Ladino, signed by the author to Isaac Farchi (with his signature on f.2r). The introduction concerns the economic situation of the Jews of Jerusalem

references

Halevy 34

summary

The Isaac Farchi copy (here entitled with the honorific “Sar Ve-Tafsar,”) The Farchi family were a dynasty of financiers and scholars resident in Damascus. The magnificent Farchi Bible had been in their care for generations
ff. [3], 180. Morocco-backed boards. Folio
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