Iyov (Job), with the commentary of R. Yitzchak son of R. Shlomo HaCohen. Constantinople: Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino, [1545]. Signature on title page: "Nissim Ani" - The sage R. Nissim Eini (d. 1899), a Torah scholar and kabbalist from Babylonia who immigrated to Eretz Israel and was renowned as a leading Torah sage and Kabbalist in Jerusalem. Friend and companion of R. Eliyahu Meni as well as his partner in proofreading manuscripts and printed books containing kabbalistic teachings of the Ari (see: Min HaGenazin anthology, published by Ahavat Shalom, Vol. 7, pp. 132-135). He was accustomed to signing his name "Ani [omitting one Hebrew letter changing the meaning to 'the poor']. Another signature in Ashkenazi writing: "…Tevli HaLevi". Another inscription in Latin letters on the title page. 19 lines of errata were printed on the last page of this copy (added to only some copies). See: Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Sefarim, Kiryat Sefer, 2, 1921-1926, p. 61, no. 16; Avraham Ya'ari, Hebrew Press of Constantinople, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 100-101, no. 139. [146] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dampstain traces. Repaired worming. Margins of title page and of many other leaves are damaged (some damages affecting text) and professionally repaired. Repaired title page. New binding.
Iyov (Job), with the commentary of R. Yitzchak son of R. Shlomo HaCohen. Constantinople: Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino, [1545]. Signature on title page: "Nissim Ani" - The sage R. Nissim Eini (d. 1899), a Torah scholar and kabbalist from Babylonia who immigrated to Eretz Israel and was renowned as a leading Torah sage and Kabbalist in Jerusalem. Friend and companion of R. Eliyahu Meni as well as his partner in proofreading manuscripts and printed books containing kabbalistic teachings of the Ari (see: Min HaGenazin anthology, published by Ahavat Shalom, Vol. 7, pp. 132-135). He was accustomed to signing his name "Ani [omitting one Hebrew letter changing the meaning to 'the poor']. Another signature in Ashkenazi writing: "…Tevli HaLevi". Another inscription in Latin letters on the title page. 19 lines of errata were printed on the last page of this copy (added to only some copies). See: Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Sefarim, Kiryat Sefer, 2, 1921-1926, p. 61, no. 16; Avraham Ya'ari, Hebrew Press of Constantinople, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 100-101, no. 139. [146] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dampstain traces. Repaired worming. Margins of title page and of many other leaves are damaged (some damages affecting text) and professionally repaired. Repaired title page. New binding.
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