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Commentary on Tehillim – Jerusalem, 1884 – Printed by Gościnny – Partial Copy of Rare Book, Printing Never Completed

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Commentaries on Tehillim by Yaavetz, R. Meir Arama and R. Ovadiah Seforno. Edited by R. Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen. Jerusalem: Yitzchak son of Tzvi Gościnny, [1884]. Date on title page given as 1885.
Partial copy, containing only first two leaves.


2 leaves. 25 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Many tears, including open tears, affecting title frame and text, repaired with paper filling. New leather binding.


Printing of this book was interrupted before completion. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (entry 000305840) records 12 leaves, while Sh. Halevy records 6. The present copy contains only the first 2 leaves, containing the approbations and the (incomplete) preface by the publisher.


Sh. Halevy, no. 443.

Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem
Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem