(MIDRASH). Midrash Tehilim [Psalms chaps. 119-150]. > Mattatthias HaYitzhari....

(MIDRASH).
Midrash Tehilim [Psalms chaps. 119-150]. > Mattatthias HaYitzhari. Peirush Ha’Alpha Beta [commentary to Psalm chap. 119].

FIRST EDITION. Printed without title. Double columns. The Moses Gaster copy.
ff. (24). Minimally stained. Recent boards. Slim folio. Vinograd, Salonica 5; Mehlman 174; St. Cat. Bodl. col. 595 no. 3789.
(Salonika): n.p. -1515

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE A supplement to the Constantinople 1512 edition of Midrash Tehilim which concludes at Psalm chapter 118 (see Kestenbaum Sale 80, lot 63). Mehlman expresses doubt whether the actual printing here was done in Salonika and not in Fez, Morocco. He writes that the letters resemble those of R. Eliezer Toledano as used in the printing of Abudraham in Fez in 1517. The Midrash Tehilim was most likely composed towards the end of the 10th-century, probably in Southern Italy. It is chiefly a compilation of sayings relating to the verses of the Psalms scattered throughout the Agadah, but also contains some original material. The text of the Midrash is followed by R. Mattathias HaYitzhari’s commentary to the 119th Psalm, Peirush Ha’Alpha Beta. The Author, (Spain, 14th-15th century), was descended from the Narbonne family who emigrated to Aragon after the expulsion from France in 1306. This is the only work of this Spanish philosopher to be published.