Bidspirit auction | Classics. Mekor Chaim. Commentary on

Classics. Mekor Chaim. Commentary on Ibn Ezra. First Edition. Mantua 1559. - Super-commentary to the Ibn Ezra on Chumash, by R. Shmuel Zarza, an influential 14th-century Spanish Rov. In the introduction, the author recounts the suffering of the Jews of Castille as a result of the civil-war between Dom Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and his brother Henry the Navigator. In Toledo alone 10,000 Jews are said to have lost their lives. Stefansky Hebrew Classics 2. Vinograd Mantua 63. Meir ben Ephraim-Gazolo press. 130 pages. 30 cm. Excellent condition. Some staining. With some encroachments of the censor. A few pages bound out of order. Modern binding. Opening bid $500