Lot 228
Three Books – on Rashi's Commentary on the Pentateuch
1. Maskil LeDavid, composition on Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch, by Rabbi David Pardo. Venice, 1760. Ownership signatures [Moshe Leib Meisler, Shmuel Sonnabend].
2-3. Sefer HaZikaron – explanation of Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch, by Rabbi Avraham Bacrat Ha'Levi [one of the Spanish exiles]. Livorno, 1845. This edition was published by Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi in three different versions: with approbations from the Italian Rabbis, with approbations from the Algerian Rabbis and without approbations. This is the Algerian edition designated for North African Jewry. Two dedications handwritten by the publisher Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi [one is cropped and one has the signature erased]. Several comments [cropped] in oriental handwriting are noted in the actual book.
Bound together with: To'afat Re'em , on the "Mizrachi" commentary on the Pentateuch, by Rabbi Elyakim Gottenyu. Izmir, [1762].
Varying size and condition.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
