1. Sefer Kohelet David, "List of the magnificent collection of books, curated and collected by the famous Rabbi David Oppenheim, rabbi of Prague".
Hamburg [Altona]: S. & Y. Bonn 1826
Hebrew and Latin on facing pages.Hebrew preface by author Isaac Metz and Latin preface by Cornelius Mueller.
Catalog of the celebrated Chief Rabbi David Oppenheim Collection of Prague. Eventually purchased by the Bodleian Library, Oxford in 1829, it has remained singularly celebrated ever since. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography (1977) pp. 38-44. Also see Joshua Teplitsky, Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library (2019).
The famous Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim (1664-1736) was a wealthy Torah scholar, rabbi, yeshiva dean and kabbalist. In 1690, he was appointed rabbi of Nikolsburg (Mikulov) and Chief Rabbi of Moravia. Twenty years later, he was appointed rabbi of Prague, eventually serving as chief rabbi of Bohemia until his death. R. David cherished books and privately compiled the most important Jewish library of his times, containing thousands of volumes of rare books and manuscripts.
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