Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Be'er Moshe / Lekach Tov - Prague 1604

Opening: $2,400
Unsold
1. Be'er Moshe, explanation of the words and commentary on the Pentateuch and five Megillot, by Rabbi Moshe Shertlan Segal. Prague, 1604. First edition. Moshe son of Rabbi [Yosef] Betzalel Katz press.
2. Bound with the Lekach Tov, word and verb interpretations on the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim by Rabbi Moshe Shertlan Segal. Prague, 1604. First edition. Moshe son of Rabbi [Yosef] Betzalel Katz press. (After the Tehillim there are: "Replies written by the Radak to the Christians on some of the Psalms as well as questions [!] he wrote about them"). The last leaf of the Divrei HaYamim was found in a different copy with numerous modifications.
Commentator-based Yiddish-Deutsch [Jewish-German in Tzur letters] word interpretation: "ג€¦I shall compile [the commentaries made by] the Ra'ava and the Radak and the remaining commentators and I shall condense their teachings into a simpler language spoken in Ashkenaz. And sometimes [I shall insert] insights of my ownג€¦ Moshe son of Yissachar Halevi (also known as Moshe Shertlג€¦ Segal)".
Numerous owners' signatures in Ashkenazi handwriting from the year 1782.
[104] leaves; [284] leaves + 1 leaf. 17.5 cm approx. Good-fair condition, stains and stains of use, detached leaves, little moth damage. Not bound.
Extremely rare.
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years
Early Printed Books - Resh and Shin Years