Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1628

Description

ONLY EDITION. Two parts in one, divisional title prior to Five Scrolls. Commendatory poem by Isaac Aboab.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 19.

summary

Menasseh ben Israel's first published work. The printing was subsidized by Menasseh's friends, Messrs. Ephraim Bueno and Jonah Abarbanel. Provenance: Kestenbaum Sale 001, Lot 228.

ff. (2), 53, (1), 26, lower corners of opening two leaves torn with loss of text on second leaf. Modern half-calf. Sm. 4to.

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