Siftei Yeshenim, by Rabbi Shabtai Meshorer Bass. Amsterdam, [1680].
Lexicon of books and authors from the writing of the Torah until the time of the author. The first Hebrew bibliographic book.
Rabbi Shabtai Meshorer Bass (1641-1718), a Torah scholar, bookseller and printer. Native of Poland, orphaned at a tender age from both parents who were murdered by the Swedes in the Russian-Polish war, moved to Prague where he served as a cantor (hence his name Meshorer) in the famous Altneu Synagogue (he was given his name because of the bass tone with which he was blessed). He moved to Amsterdam, later established his Hebrew printing press in Dyhernfurt. Renowned for his work Siftei Chachamim on Rashi's commentary on the Torah, printed in hundreds of editions of the Chumash.
Signatures: "Belongs to Mahararai", "Belongs to the woman – Esther wife – Kalman Dayan in Gal—".
108 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Title page partially missing and professionally restored.