Midrash Tehilim Rabatha [Midrashic commentary to the Book of Psalms]. Including Peirush Ha’Alpha Beta [on Psalms 119]. ff. 66.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,100

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author

(MIDRASH).

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

* With: Midrash Shmuel. ff. 13 (i.e. ff. 50-62, mispaginated). * And: Midrash Mishlei [Book of Proverbs]. ff. 10, (i.e. ff. 65-76, i.e. 74, mispaginated). Three parts bound in one volume. Divisional titles.

references

Vinograd, Venice 273.

summary

Midrash Tehilim was previously published in Constantinople in 1512 (until Psalm 119) and Chaps. 119-150 in Salonika in 1515 (see previous lot). This Bomberg edition is therefore the First Complete Edition of Midrash Tehilim.

Ex-library, title remargined, previous owner’s marks, light stains. Recent boards. Folio.

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