March II 2021 Catalogue

B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s F a i t h 2 0 2 1 49 Moses Alshekh’s Commentary On The Psalms, Handsomely Bound 1695 First Amsterdam Printing 50. ALSHEKH, Moses. Romemot El. Amsterdam, 1695. Small quarto, period-style full red morocco gilt. $3500. Click for More Info Second edition, the first Amsterdam edition, of Alshekh’s esteemed commentary on the Psalms, beautifully bound. Alshekh, rabbi and Bible commentator, emigrated to Erez Israel, settling in Safed, where he gained prominence as a halakhic authority, a teacher in two Talmudic academies, and a preacher. This is the text that Hayyim Alshekh published in Venice in 1605, claiming that it was his father’s authoritative text and not merely a preliminary draft (which had been published a decade earlier in Constantinople under the title Tappuhei Zahav ). Alshekh’s Biblical commentaries, which are permeated with religious-ethical and religious-philosophical ideas supported by ample quotations from Talmudic and Midrashic sources, became quite popular and have often been reprinted. With three leaves of text (ff. 10-12) replaced in neat facsimile. Vinograd Amsterdam 637. A few early ink marginalia. Tiny repair to corner of title page, not affecting border, and first two leaves. A splendidly bound volume.