Auction 29 Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika objects and more
Mar 25, 2020
Israel
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Auction No. 29

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LOT 029:

Kehillot Moshe (Mikraot Gedolot). Early Prophets. Amsterdam, 1726. Notations and Signatures in Yemenite Hand.

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Kehillot Moshe (Mikraot Gedolot). Early Prophets. Amsterdam, 1726. Notations and Signatures in Yemenite Hand.
Kehilot Moshe, better known by its later title of "Mikraot Gedolot." Section two, Early Prophets. Expanded edition including the commentary of the Radak, Ibn Ezra, Ralbag, Minchah Gedolah and Kli Paz. At the press of Rabbi Moshe Frankfurt, dayan in Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1726. Large-sized copy: 44x27 cm. [2] (original: 4. Copy missing 2 leaves) 46, 47-378 leaves (one leaf is bound in the wrong place). Old binding covered in cloth, worming holes, some brown pages, stains, restorations to the border of the title page and a number of leaves, a number of detached leaves, tears in the margins, overall moderate condition. The back binding has a lengthy handwritten notation in a nice, antiquated Yemenite hand regarding the order and locations of the continents according to the Medrashim of Chazal, emphasizing their accuracy despite the fact that it seems mistaken. Along with the order of the zodiac and a calculation of their movement, some pasted paper covers its edge. The endpaper bears references to the Kli Yakar commentary and the corresponding pages in the book have the same handwritten mark in the margin. The title page bears a Yemenite notation and signature ofהצעיר אברהם בן מ"ו אהרן מנזלייצ"ו. Refer to Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, p. 328. Along with the notation יחיא ן' זאהריצ"ו. The last page has a pasted leaf with Arabic text in a Sephardic hand.

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