Kad HaKemach.

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 42

BACHIAH BEN ASHER

Kad HaKemach.

Second edition. Title set in architectural arch. ff. 83. Previous owners’ marks, ff. 41-48 inserted from another (shorter) copy, ff. 79-80 repaired with small loss. Some worming tape-repaired. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 268.

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $500 - $700

A philosophical work, Kad HaKemach is replete with homiletic interpretations of Biblical verses and Aggadic passages, as well as the Kabbalistic teachings to which R. Bachiah was inclined. See M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 275-6.