She’iltoth [homilies].

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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ACHAI GAON.

She’iltoth [homilies].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> With the rare 4-leaf indices often missing from other copies. Title within architectural arch. First words of five divisions of the Chumash richly historiated. Last leaf with Hebrew manuscript medical remedy written in an Italian hand. ff. 58, (4). Lightly foxed in places. Bound in Valmadonna-custom morocco-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 294.

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

The first work attributed to an author subsequent to the close of the Talmudic era. Written for the thoughtful laymen, it is a collection of homilies based upon the order of the the weekly readings of the Torah and focusing on moral duties and ethical law.