Koheleth David - Collectio Davidis. Prepared by Isaac Metz and Eleazar Emden.

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

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

author

(OPPENHEIM, DAVID).

printer

S. & Y. Bonn

Place

Hamburg [Altona]

Publication

1826

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages.

references

Vinograd, Altona 228; Shunami, Bibliography no. 351.

summary

Catalogue of the celebrated Chief Rabbi David Oppenheim Collection of Prague. Eventually purchased by the Bodleian Library, Oxford in 1829, it has remained singularly celebrated ever since. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography (1977) pp. 38-44. Also see Joshua Teplitsky, Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library (2019).

pp. xvi, 742, (2). Few light stains. Later boards, backstrip detached. Thick 8vo.

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