Bidspirit auction | JAGEL, ABRAHAM BEN HANANIAH DEI

JAGEL, ABRAHAM BEN HANANIAH DEI GALICCHI. Eisheth Chayil [on the virtues of a wife and her duties toward her husband; portion of Book of Proverbs]. FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border. * Tipped in : Eleven-page manuscript of Megilath Antiochus. ff. 24. Lightly stained. Modern calf. 8vo. Vinograd, Venice 1002. Venice Daniel Zanetti 1606. Commentary to the celebrated ode of praise to the “Virtuous Woman” sung by a man to his wife on Friday at the Sabbath table. Discusses the obligations that devolve upon a wife in upholding her household and seeking to preserve loving relations toward her husband.