(Attributed to Nathan of Gaza). Chemdath Yamim ["Delight of Days:” Kabbalistic homilies through the year]

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Lot 191

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(Attributed to Nathan of Gaza). Chemdath Yamim ["Delight of Days:” Kabbalistic homilies through the year]

Three volumes (of four, lacks vol. II). Stamp and signatures of previous owners on titles and final leaves, including <<Samson Raphael Hirsch,>> Mendel of Fuerth and Shimon Brandes Segal of Fuerth, scattered marginalia. ff. 160; (2), 134; 123. Some staining, vol. IV without title-page. Contemporary decorated boards, light wear. Sm. 4to. Vinograd Livorno 87.

Livorno: Moshe Etias 1763-64

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $300

For more on this controversial work see: See Israel Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. V (The Jewish Center of Culture in the Ottoman Empire) pp. 151-160; Abraham Yaari, Ta’alumath Sepher (Jerusalem, 1954); Isaiah Tishby, Kiryat Sefer 54:586, n. 7; Tarbiz 50 (1981) pp. 463-514; Bezalel Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism (Spring Valley, 1999) pp. 58-68; Moshe Fogel, “The Sabbatian Character of Hemdat Yamim: A Re-examination,” in Rachel Elior (ed.) The Sabbatian Movement and Its Aftermath: Messianism, Sabbatianism and Frankism II (Jerusalem, 2001) pp. 365-422.