Bidspirit auction | Shalom Esther on Megillas Esther.

Shalom Esther on Megillas Esther. Very Rare. Constantinople, circa 1580. First Edition. * A commentary on Megillas Esther by the sages of Castile and France, edited and with additions by Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Mordechai Gershon, of Tzfas and Italy, a disciple of the Holy Alshich. A very rare sefer. Pocket format - only 14.5 cm. First and only edition (reprinted only in recent years). Constantinople, circa 1580. Printing: Yosef Yaabetz. Page Count: 32 leaves. Condition: Good; slight restoration at the edges of the title page; the margins of another page were expanded with glued paper. Small punctures and stains. Beautiful new leather binding. This work was printed in the publishing house of Yosef Yaabetz, sans a printing date. Researchers have debated the publishing date, with the earliest estimate being 1573 and the latest being 1585. See: Yaari. Constantinople Jewish Press No. 225; M.M. Zlotkin, Otzar HaSefarim, No. 679; Yitzchak Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael - Mehlman, No. 663 (estimated year 1575).