Pirkei Rebi Eliezer (Attributed to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, brother-in-law of Raban Gamliel).

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(MIDRASH).

printer

Isaac ben Jacob Cordovero

Place

(Amsterdam)

Publication

1708

Description

Dedication of publisher Moses Gomes Mesquita to Moses Abarbanel Aredes in Spanish (f. 2).

references

Amsterdam 864.

summary

Pirkei Rebi Eliezer aims to inculcate ethical teachings for daily life by demonstrating moral values deduced from the Biblical narrative. The works’ style waxes poetic, especially concerning the coming of the Messiah, a subject to which many passages are devoted.

ff. (1), 66, (2). Browned, early owner’s inscriptions. Modern calf. 12mo.

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