Bidspirit auction | ARIPOL, SHMUEL. Mizmor LeThodah [commentary

ARIPOL, SHMUEL. Mizmor LeThodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with vocalized text]. FIRST EDITION.  Title within wreathed columns. Opening letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. ff. 184. Dampstained in places, last few leaves soiled and wormed, previous owner’s marks. Recent roan-backed boards, gently rubbed at extremities. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 614. Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1576. Salonika born R. Shmuel Aripol (1540-86) composed this work upon recovering from illness in 1571. A resident of Tzfat for many years, he explains the esoteric verses of selected Tehillim using a wide range of interpretive methods, ranging from Peshat to Kabbalah.