Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items
Ho'il Moshe Be'er – Two Volumes, Bereshit and Bamidbar – Rare Edition, Printed in Only 25 Copies – Aix (Southern France), 1833-1836 – Of the Few Hebrew Books Printed in Aix
Opening: $10,000
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
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Ho'il Moshe Be'er by R. Moshe Carmi (Crémieu), supercommentary to the Ibn Ezra on the Torah, Part I – Bereshit and Part IV – Bamidbar. Aix (Aix-en-Provence, Southern France), [1833-1836]. Two volumes.
Ho'il Moshe Be'er is a thirteen-part composition, in two series: the first series, in six parts, is a commentary to the year-round prayers according to the rite of the communities of Carpentras and the region (Carpentras, Cavaillon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Avignon). The second series, in seven parts, comprises a supercommentary to the Ibn Ezra on the Torah, the Five Megillot and the books of Mishlei and Iyov. Five additional parts, commentaries to other works by the Ibn Ezra, where never printed, due to the passing of the author in 1837, and the manuscripts were presumably lost. These two volumes, with the supercommentaries to Bereshit and Bamidbar, are the first and fourth parts of the seven volumes of commentary to the Ibn Ezra.
Reputedly, this series was printed in twenty-five copies only, which were intended to be distributed to the close friends of the author, and this explains the extreme rarity of these volumes.
The author, R. Moshe Carmi (Crémieu; 1766-1837), born in Carpentras, a Torah scholar who dealt in biblical commentary and early piyyut. He presumably held an important private library in his home, comprising rare manuscripts and printed books. His father, R. Shlomo Chaim, composed a supercommentary to Rashi on the Torah named Cheshek Shlomo, and R. Moshe frequently quotes Torah thoughts in his name. His father-in-law, R. Mordechai Carmi, who was also his uncle, authored Maamar Mordechai and Divrei Mordechai. In 1790, R. Moshe, his father and father-in-law left Carpentras for Aix.
See: N. Ben-Menachem, BeShaarei Sefer, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 164-172, for a detailed description of the various parts of this composition, and other details regarding this work and its author.
Ownership inscription and signatures of "Chaim Touboul" (with his stamps: "Haim Touboul", Oran, Algeria). Several glosses.
Two volumes. Vol. I, Bereshit: [3], 28, 33-115 [i.e. 116], 118-292, [5] leaves. Lacking four leaves: 29-32. 20 cm. Vol. II, Bamidbar: [2], 132, [4] leaves. 21 cm. Edges slightly rough-cut and sometimes uneven (mostly in vol. II). High-quality paper. Condition varies. Vol. I in good condition, vol. II in good-fair condition. Stains. Worming to first and last leaves of vol. II (extensive worming to last two leaves, affecting text). Marginal tear to one leaf in vol I, minimally affecting a few letters of text. Tears in a few other places, not affecting text. New, matching bindings, slipcased.
Of the few Hebrew books ever printed in Aix.
Part I (Bereshit) of the NLI copy is in photocopy.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and the NLI catalog list only [3] leaves at the end of the Bamidbar volume, while this copy features [4] leaves at the end.
Ho'il Moshe Be'er is a thirteen-part composition, in two series: the first series, in six parts, is a commentary to the year-round prayers according to the rite of the communities of Carpentras and the region (Carpentras, Cavaillon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Avignon). The second series, in seven parts, comprises a supercommentary to the Ibn Ezra on the Torah, the Five Megillot and the books of Mishlei and Iyov. Five additional parts, commentaries to other works by the Ibn Ezra, where never printed, due to the passing of the author in 1837, and the manuscripts were presumably lost. These two volumes, with the supercommentaries to Bereshit and Bamidbar, are the first and fourth parts of the seven volumes of commentary to the Ibn Ezra.
Reputedly, this series was printed in twenty-five copies only, which were intended to be distributed to the close friends of the author, and this explains the extreme rarity of these volumes.
The author, R. Moshe Carmi (Crémieu; 1766-1837), born in Carpentras, a Torah scholar who dealt in biblical commentary and early piyyut. He presumably held an important private library in his home, comprising rare manuscripts and printed books. His father, R. Shlomo Chaim, composed a supercommentary to Rashi on the Torah named Cheshek Shlomo, and R. Moshe frequently quotes Torah thoughts in his name. His father-in-law, R. Mordechai Carmi, who was also his uncle, authored Maamar Mordechai and Divrei Mordechai. In 1790, R. Moshe, his father and father-in-law left Carpentras for Aix.
See: N. Ben-Menachem, BeShaarei Sefer, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 164-172, for a detailed description of the various parts of this composition, and other details regarding this work and its author.
Ownership inscription and signatures of "Chaim Touboul" (with his stamps: "Haim Touboul", Oran, Algeria). Several glosses.
Two volumes. Vol. I, Bereshit: [3], 28, 33-115 [i.e. 116], 118-292, [5] leaves. Lacking four leaves: 29-32. 20 cm. Vol. II, Bamidbar: [2], 132, [4] leaves. 21 cm. Edges slightly rough-cut and sometimes uneven (mostly in vol. II). High-quality paper. Condition varies. Vol. I in good condition, vol. II in good-fair condition. Stains. Worming to first and last leaves of vol. II (extensive worming to last two leaves, affecting text). Marginal tear to one leaf in vol I, minimally affecting a few letters of text. Tears in a few other places, not affecting text. New, matching bindings, slipcased.
Of the few Hebrew books ever printed in Aix.
Part I (Bereshit) of the NLI copy is in photocopy.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and the NLI catalog list only [3] leaves at the end of the Bamidbar volume, while this copy features [4] leaves at the end.
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