Bidspirit auction | KIMCHI, DAVID. (RaDa’K).  Sepher Michlol

KIMCHI, DAVID. (RaDa’K).  Sepher Michlol [grammar]. Edited by Elijah Levita. With extensive marginalia throughout in an early hand.  Title within architectural arch. ff. 268, (1). Lightly foxed and stained, previous owner’s marks. Modern blind-tooled calf. 12mo. Vinograd, Venice 246. Venice, Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg, 1545. The Michlol was R. David Kimchi’s chief grammatical work. It treats verbs comprehensively, covering the rules governing changes of pronunciation and accents. It also contains complete tables of conjugations and is distinguished by its conciseness and clarity of style. Indeed, these qualities resulted in the Michlol’s supremacy over previous works. For centuries it was considered preeminent in its field.