Bidspirit auction | SHLOMO IBN MELECH. Michlol Yofi

SHLOMO IBN MELECH. Michlol Yofi [linguistic commentary to the Bible]. FIRST EDITION. Title within fine ornamental woodcut border. Double columns. Key words provided with nikud (vowel points). ff. 192. Fore-edges occasionally trimmed with loss of a few letters, tear on final leaf. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Constantinople 199. Constantinople, Moses ben Eliezer Parnas HaRofe, 1548-49. A valuable contribution to grammatical exegesis due to its condensed approach, providing brief grammatical and lexical explanations almost exclusively.   The author was born in Fez in 1480. In 1520, Morocco was struck by famine, and so he and his family relocated to Constantinople.