Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Tehillim with Radak Commentary, Isny 1541 – With the Radak's Rejoinders to the Christians
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim (Psalms), with the commentary of Rabbi David Kimchi – the Radak. Isny, 1541, [Paulus Fagius Printing]. Printed with the "approbation" of the Caesar of Germany: "With a bill called in Latin privileges, written and signed by the Kaiser His Majesty, that no one shall print it within ten years from today Wednesday, 22nd of Kislev 1541".
At the end are two leaves of "Rejoinders the Radak wrote to the Christians on a few Psalms" – Debates against Christianity.
Dozens of Latin handwritten glosses.
108, [2] leaves, 28 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New fabric binding.
Contains the two rare leaves added to only some copies, the Radak's debate with the Christians.
At the end are two leaves of "Rejoinders the Radak wrote to the Christians on a few Psalms" – Debates against Christianity.
Dozens of Latin handwritten glosses.
108, [2] leaves, 28 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New fabric binding.
Contains the two rare leaves added to only some copies, the Radak's debate with the Christians.
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