Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,800

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author

ALKABETZ, SOLOMON HALEVI.

printer

Solomon ibn Usque

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1561

Description

FIRST EDITION. On title and final page, Hebrew and German stamps of S. Zukerman, Mohilev.

references

Vinograd, Const. 221;Yaari, Const. 163; Adams B-1327

summary

THE SHEMARYAH ZUKERMAN COPY. The bibliophile Shemaryah Zukerman was married to the grandaughter of Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna and thus, inherited many of the manuscripts of the Gaon.

ff. 96. Lightly stained and trace wormed, ff. 33-36 bound out of sequence. Modern calf gilt. Sm. 4to

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