Mizbe’ach HaZahav [commentary to passage of Pitum HaKetoreth].

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 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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Lot 83

SOLOMON BEN MORDECHAI OF MEZRITCH

Mizbe’ach HaZahav [commentary to passage of Pitum HaKetoreth].

<<First Edition.>> Title within historiated architectural border featuring multiple cherubs. The London Beth Din copy. ff. 44. Browned, final blank page taped. Modern cream calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Basle 213; Prijs, Basle 179.

Basle: Konrad Waldkirch 1602

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

This work is intended to illuminate the meaning behind the recitation of the Pitum HaKetoreth, which will ‘save souls from destruction at a time of (Divine) rage’. Little is known of the author, other than the fact that he was a disciple of Solomon Luria, the MaHaRSha”L. Due to the subject matter, the Author regarded his work as being invested with spiritual “protective qualities” from the travails of life.