Shalom Esther on Megillas Esther. Very Rare.
Constantinople, circa 1580. First Edition.
A commentary on Megillas Esther by the sages of Castile and France, edited and with additions by Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Mordechai Gershon, of Tzfas and Italy, a disciple of the Holy Alshich.
A very rare sefer.
Pocket format – only 14.5 cm.
First and only edition (reprinted only in recent years).
Constantinople, circa 1580. Printing: Yosef Yaabetz.
Page Count: 32 leaves.
Condition: Good; slight restoration at the edges of the title page; the margins of another page were expanded with glued paper. Small punctures and stains. Beautiful new leather binding.
This work was printed in the publishing house of Yosef Yaabetz, sans a printing date. Researchers have debated the publishing date, with the earliest estimate being 1573 and the latest being 1585.
See: Yaari. Constantinople Jewish Press No. 225; M.M. Zlotkin, Otzar HaSefarim, No. 679; Yitzchak Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael – Mehlman, No. 663 (estimated year 1575).
