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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Menot HaLevi (Alkabetz) – Commentary on the Book of Esther – Venice, 1585 – First Edition – Variant
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Menot HaLevi, commentary on the Book of Esther [with Biblical text], by kabbalist R. Shlomo Alkabetz. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1585. First edition.
[4], 188, 197-230, [1] leaves. Lacking leaves 189-196 (gatherings 48-49). Leaves 227-228 misordered. 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming in many places (heavy worming to some leaves), affecting text in many places, repaired with paper filling (all leaves repaired). Open tears, repaired with paper filling. New leather binding.
Variant. Minor variations to title page, and first four leaves retyped, as documented in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
CB, no. 6895, 2; Zedner, p. 145; Roest, p. 219
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries