Perush Nevi'im Acharonim [commentary to Later Prophets]. Along with text of Bible.

Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
Hammer price: $10,000

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author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Soncino

Place

Pesaro

Publication

1520

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printed without a title page (although a handful of copies contain a half-title). Text of Bible in square Hebrew characters provided with nikud. Commentary of Abrabanel in Rabbinic cursive script. Some marginal notations.

references

Vinograd, Pesaro 51.

summary

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF ABRABANEL'S COMMENTARY TO LATER PROPHETS. Primarily a philosophical, theological, ethical and to some extent historical commentary, Abrabanel’s method as an exegete is entirely novel, prefacing each section of each Book with a number of questions and then interpreting that section in such a manner as to gradually resolve them. The preface includes Abrabanel’s account of his life in Spain and the subsequent Expulsion.

ff. 395 (of 398), ornamental opening page provided in facsimile, all text leaves present, only lacking two blanks. Trimmed occasionally affecting headnotes, stained, censored (signed) throughout with removed words or lines occasionally replaced in an early hand, few marginal repairs and repaired worming. Modern blind-tooled calf. Thick folio.

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