Megilath Shir Hashirim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text].

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

TAMACH, AVRAHAM.

printer

Tobias Foa

Place

Sabbioneta

Publication

1558

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 48.

summary

The author (d. 1393) was a student of R. Nissim ben Reuven Gerondi (the Ra’N) and a contemporary of R. Yitzchak ben Sheshet Perfet (RiVa”Sh). A leader of the Geronese Yeshiva, he was greatly influenced by the rationalistic teachings of Maimonides. A modern critical edition of this commentary to Shir Hashirim was issued by L.A. Feldman in 1970, which includes a short biography of Tamach himsefl.

ff. 63 (of 64), text complete, but lacking final leaf with printer’s device. Marginal repairs, scattered worming. Modern calf. 16mo.

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