Me’ir Tehiloth [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text].

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,100

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

author

ARAMA, MEIR.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1590

Description

FIRST EDITION. The Mayer Sulzberger copy. This copy with 2 final leaves (index and corrigendum missing from most other copies. Title within architectural arch. Printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 19) on f. 148r.

references

Vinograd, Venice 744.

summary

Includes commentary by the 16th century Talmudist and Kabbalist of Salonika, R. Yoseph Ta’itatzak. R. Meir Arama (d. 1565) was expelled from Spain and relocated to Naples and then Salonika, where he served as rabbi.

ff. 148, (2), misnumbered though all complete. Ex-library, ight wear. Contemporary limp vellum, worn. Sm. 4to.

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