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[Amsterdam edition] Abraham Ibn Ezra. Sefer Margaliyot tovah:

ve hu perush yakar ve-nehmad le-ferusho shel (...) Avraham Ibn 'Ezra (...) 'al ha-Torah, ha-rishon min ha-shelosha (...). Amsterdam, Yisaq ben Yacqov de-Qordewa (Isaac de Cordova), [5]482 (= 1722), (4),156 leaves, with at the end a folding, engraved plate with 17 (astronomical) illustrations, contemporary half leather, folio.

In poor, but for this type of book possibly acceptable, complete condition, still sold w.a.f., incl.: first ca. 25 leaves with worm tunnel/ holes, mostly waterstained/ with mould, binding heavily worn/ damaged. With old owner's name on the title: "Herz Wallach". Vinograd Amsterdam 1192, Roest 31. Extremely rare Amsterdam edition (first printing Naples, 1488) of a "commentary on a commentary" ("supercommentary") on the Torah (Pentateuch), by the "perfect scholar" Abraham ibn Ezra (1092-1167), with 3 added commentaries by 14th-century scholars: "Mekor hayim" by Samuel Tzartza (Zarza), "Ohel Yosef" by Josef Hasefardi and "Megilat setarim" by Samuel Motot. With special typographic solution for these four texts: the text by Ibn Ezra centered, the one by Tzartza in outside margin, the one by Hasefardi in inside margin and the one by Motot in bottom margin.

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