KEHILLAT YAACOV, Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. 1977 reprint.
By Moses ben Mordecai Galante.
Limited, numbered, facsimile edition of 550 copies, on fine Swedish paper, of the second book printed in Eretz Israel, in 1578. Published by the Jewish National and University Library Press. Jerusalem, 1977       ISBN 040511953          Hebrew text

The Talmudist and kabbalist Moses Galante (c.1520 c.1613) was born in Rome, ordained by Joseph Caro at age 22, studied Kabbalah with Moses Cordovero, and served as the chief judge of the Rabbinic Court in Safed as the successor of Moses di Trani.
A reproduction of the title page of this work appears in volume 7, page 260, of the Encyclopaedia Judaica.

This book is representative of 16h century messianic Safed. It attempts to document messianic references in THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES and to pinpoint the expected date of the coming of the Messiah.  From this work one can glean important information on the Safed of its day.