Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Commentary on Five Megillot by the Ralbag – Riva di Trento, 1560 – First Edition
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Sold for: $688
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Commentary on Five Megillot by R. Levi son of Gershon (the Ralbag). Riva di Trento: Antonio Bruin, 1560. First edition.
Includes commentaries on the Five Megillot, with the exception of the Book of Eichah, as noted on title page.
The publisher and editor is R. Yaakov Marcaria, a German-born rabbi of Venice. Worked as proofreader in this press.
Ownership inscription and signatures on title page and last leaf.
16, 18-50 leaves. Lacking leaf 17. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Some tears, including small marginal open tear to title page. Minute worming. Old binding, worn.
CB, no. 6138, 10; Zedner, p. 432; Roest, p. 672.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries